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Winter Wind	By : inuyoukai8 Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female > Sessh?maru/Kagome > Sessh?maru/Kagome Views: 39773 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 11
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Sesshoumaru sped towards the fortress, his teeth clenched tightly against the overwhelming scent of Kagome's blood. It was sickening, cloying and clung to to the insides of his nose and throat. In his sphere, he adjusted his position t lay his hand against her throat, stomach plummeting when the pulse there thudded, and failed.
He touched down in his courtyard with an explosion of power and a roar so fierce that even the most stalwart soldier on the battlements shrank from him. From the high veranda, Enoa flung herself against the railing. Her usually smooth curls in wild disarray around her lovely face.
"Oh no. Please no." she whispered to the wind. Only once had she ever seen her lord in such a state.
She pushed herself from the railing and leapt over the side to land in a graceful crouch a hundred paces from the taiyoukai. His eyes were red, his lips pulled back to bare his impressive fangs.
His beast was up, she knew. He had been on edge lately, unwlling to release himself to the base needs of his body. He was unpredictable and even more dangerous.
"My lord" she called softly, his ears twitched and he swung that crimson gaze to stare at her. The deep rumbling growl that erupted from his chest made the fine hairs on her nape stand up.
"Mine" he rasped, clutching the tattered woman to his chest like a favored doll.
"Yes. But she needs help. You must let her go."
She raised her arms to him in silent plea.
He snarled at her.
"My lor.."
His roar silenced her. She eyed him, judging her chances of success. "Sesshoumaru.... I know you are hurting. I just want to help her."
She inched closer, and his youkai snapped out at her, slicing into her arm, shoulder and cheek. Blood welled up in the gashes on her white flesh. She flinched but inched forward again.
"Enoa!" came a shout from the battlements and she glanced up to see a golden inu soldier glaring down at her. "He's going to kill you! Get back!"
She shook her head, "He won't kill me" she said with more confidence than she felt. His eyes were narrowed on her now.
"Sessh, please..."
Another step. Another slice. This one rending the silk of her dress across her chest.
"Let me help you." she kept her voice calm, tried to ignore the pain of her wounds and her fear for the human in his arms.
She was so close now, she slowly lifted her arms. Her actions were met with another sharp snarl.
"I know you" she told his beast, "I know the true nature of you. You won't kill me, you don't even want to harm me. She is yours, let me bandage her and tend her."
She leapt at him then, wrapping her slender arms around him, embracing him tightly. "Please...please come back."
The power around him flared and stung her flesh before receding somewhat. She raised her head from his chest to meet his glowing eyes.
"She.... she is dead." he whispered.
Enoa's gaze flickred between his and the woman she had come to call her friend. She shook her head, "No. You're mistaken." she raised her hand and pressed against Kagome's throat.
Nothing.
She went ashen. Her lip trembled and she shook her head. Then her eyes flew to his hip. "T...Tenseiga!"
Sesshoumaru shook his head, "I cannot see the guardians of the underworld. Therefore I cannot defeat them."
She blinked,"Impossible."
He stood stoic and silent.
"Kagome!" came an anguished shout and Enoa turned to see Inuyasha rushing towards them. Bandages growing red as he reopened wounds.
He stopped a foot away, when Sesshoumaru's beast rose to the surface again. "Knock it off Sesshoumaru, you big wind bag. Ain't you done enough?"
Sesshoumaru blinked, the red receding to gold once more. "Me? I've done enough? It was your damn mouth that sent her running from these walls."
Inuyasha's ears went flat against his skull, "Keh, you just know you need all your intellect to fight me. You got her killed!"
Sesshoumaru blinked slowly and Enoa flinched as he gently handed Kagome to her. "Go."
She nodded, tucking the human to her ample chest.
"I want to be fully aware of every bone in your body that I break, every whimper you make. I want to savor them for the rest of eternity."
"Shut the hell up you two!" Koga yelled from the battlements, "This isn't what she would want. Isn't there a better use for your time now? LIke fixing this mess? I knew, I knew I should have taken her from you dogs. She'd still be alive if I had."
He spun then, leaving them to feel shame and grief.
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Sesshoumaru made his way to the infirmary. Enoa and the kitsune medics had already stripped Kagome bare and bathed most of the blood away. Her brown eyes stared upwards, fixed on nothing. Enoa gently closed them.
Her breath caught as a wave of grief threatened to engulf her.
"She is dead my lord, I cannot heal her." The head healer said sadly from a low bow.
Sesshoumaru closed his eyes momentarily and then made his way to where she was covered in white sheets up to her neck. The last vestiges of warm blood staining the pristine linens as she lay so still and pale.
He moved to stand beside her, staring down at the lips that would never curve into that infectious smile, or the irritated moue he had come to enjoy seeing light her lovely visage. He reached out a clawed fingertip and gently traced the paling bow of her bottom lip.
"You have a sword. Use it" Inuyasha growled from behind him.
Sesshoumaru fingered the hilt of Tenseiga, willing it to hear his silent pleas.
Koga eyed the two carefully in silence. "That kid..." he said finally, "The one the wolves killed.... how....how long.."
He didn't finish his sentence. His blue eyes closing in pain as though even a glimpse of Kagome would shatter him.
Sesshoumaru focused on Kagome, "Leave us."
"Hey!"
Koga grabbed Inuyasha and dragged him from the room. Enoa slowly made her way to follow the healers.
"Not you" he said softly as she passed him. She paused, raising her tear stained face to meet his gaze.
HIs golden eyes took in the wounds he had given her and the muscle in his jaw jumped. "This one.... is"
"Sessh.."
"I am sorry" he whispered, cupping her cheek in his large palm. Leaning forward he lapped at the wound on her cheek, his saliva stinging and healing the cut. She closed her eyes, and rested her hand on his chest.
"You’re forgiven." she said softly.
He peered down at her in question and she stepped back, "What? Thats what friends do. OR had you forgotten?"
He watched her limp away, "I will tend you" he said then. She waved at him. "Luhan will do this for me. Take are of Kagome."
He swallowed hard and turned back to the fallen miko as the door closed.
"Please Kagome" he whispered then, "Don’t go."
He sank to his knees beside her cot and closed his eyes, willing the guardians to come.
Hours past and he was just about to give up when a movment drew his eye. Tiny and only one. A guardian nonetheless. It had wrapped her in chains and the brilliance of her soul was fighting against it.
Sesshoumaru rose sharply to his feet, unsheating Tenseiga in one smooth motion. "You!"
The little demon stared up at him, "You shall not have her."
The tiny guardian squeaked and threw its arms up as he brought down the gleaming blade.
He watched with baited breath as the little creature vanished in smoky wisps and then he looked at Kagome.
And looked. And looked some more.
Nothing happened.
He blinked, held his breath.
She didn't move. Her pallor didn't change.
Sesshoumaru stared at the sword in his hand and flung it across the room. It clattered loudly against the stone and he cursed it with all his might.
Then he stode to it, popping his knuckles and working his venom into his claws. He would destroy the worthless blade.
"Ow..."
A soft exhalation.
And he froze. Barely daring to turn.
"What...happened?"
He spun to find Kagome blinking at the ceiling.
He crossed the room in a heartbeart, gathering her fiercly to his chest.
"Sesshoumaru?" she asked softly.
The sheet slid lower as he crushed her to him. She noticed the slide of cloth against her bare skin. "Hey! What?"
"Be silent" he rasped, clutching her tighter. A clawed hand sliding into her hair, cradling her head. She noticed the tremor in his limbs.
Slowly her small hands lifted to his chest, and she gently pushed him back to see his face.
She took in the blood marred sheet on her lap, and swallowed hard.
"Did.... did I...."
"Don't say it." he commanded in a rough voice.
"Did I die?" she asked, her voice a weak shiver.
He pressed his lips to her in harsh kiss, robbing her of breath and voice.
She broke from the kiss with a gasp, feeling the overwhelmingly raw emotions behind it.
"You brought me back. Thank you."
He pressed a kiss to her brow.
"Thats a handy sword you have. Bet that comes in handy alot."
He looked away from her. "Once." he murmured.
She cocked her head, "Huh?"
"Once" he gritted out. "I can only recall a soul once with this blade."
She understood, "So if I die again..."
"You won't." he said firmly, "I won't let you."
"Is Inuyasha ok?" she dared ask.
His gaze shuttered, "For now."
She sighed, "It wasn't his fault." she said then.
He hmphed.
"It was mine" she whispered, tears filling her voice, "Can I please just rest?"
Sesshoumaru removed his furred pelt and wrapped her snuggly in it and then lifted her gently in his arms. "You shall."
He said nothing as he carried her through the halls to the large ornate double doors of his room. She blushed, recalling his command from earlier but she said nothing.
He placed her on her feet in the center of the room, "I will call Enoa to help you bathe, then get in that bed and rest. I will return soon."
Her hand shot out to catch his sleeve, "Please... please don't hurt him."
He looked down at her, trying to read her expression, but all he saw was sorrow.
When had she gained the power to sway him?
His chest was tight and his breath barely returning to normal from almost losing her. Losing her before he'd ever really had her.
This would change. His beast was adamant that this transgression be remedied, however at this point mere proximity to the priestess was not enough. Nor was the idea of simply bedding her.
Kagome was anything but simple. She was blowing through all his finely made plans.
Well, that just wouldn't do. The undisciplined woman had tripped her contrary person right into the center of the citadel of his heart.
He wiped a crystalline tear from her lash line and sighed. "This Sesshoumaru will wait to settle this until you have recovered."
She nodded, stepping back then.
He moved to the door, paused and looked back at her. She gave him a small smile that didn't quite reach her eyes.
"We will speak of this later." he said then, and she flinched.
He would simply have to amend his plans, and quickly.
He knew she blamed herself and wanted to shake some sense into her, beat sense into the hanyou, and was unable to do either. He'd have to settle for the next best thing.
"Jaken!"
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