Bound by Blood

Chapter 2: Fighting for Life
Immediately the wolves that had been circling them began to attack. They had to defend themselves from not only the front but also from the back. These wolves had no honor when they fought. They would more then likely stab you in the back then to face you. They had seen this first hand and knew better then to turn their backs. All you could hear was the clash of metal and the hitting of Yuriye’s staff.
About a mile inside the barrier…
Not too far away, a group of youkai, hanyou, monks/mikos, and demon slayers where walking through the forest listening to there sensei drag on about keeping your senses open for unusual patterns in the air, most were listening. A few where talking and flirting, while some just thought of this as boring and a waste of time.
“Now if you keep you senses open you should be able to detect the subtle difference each of us carry,” babbled an aged miko. She had a grandmotherly look to her, except for the patch over her left eye.
“Man can you believe we have to walk the perimeter for a week while “detecting” fucking rabbits?” exclaimed a white hair hanyou.
“Just shut up and maybe you could actually learn something,” said a teenage female demon slayer, she had chestnut colored hair in a high pony tail. On her shoulder was a two tailed neko.
All of a sudden all stopped when the demons in the group started to sniff the air and the monks and mikos could sense an unusual amount of youki.
“Blood,” came from the mouthy hanyou, “inu and wolf.”
“The two auras are clashing right outside the barrier. We will investigate this occurrence, but we will not interfere,” said the aged miko.
“But what if they need help,” questioned a young black haired monk.
“We will assess the situation but these are outsiders and not under our
jurisdiction,” she replied.
So the entire group started to move towards the border of the lands and
the barrier. Most had their own opinion about this new development, some thought it was a great distraction from the long boring lectures that the elder miko would give. Others wonder what would cause these two groups to fight. At the back of the group stood a lone tall white haired male, unlike most of the group he walked along in silence with his piercing amber eyes.
The farther they walk the more they could start to hear more sounds of battle that was the only way to describe the sounds coming from in front of them. Soon they reached limit of the trees and the barrier, but they would not break the line and allow themselves to be seen.
None of them could have been prepared for the scene before them, three wolf youkai lay dead; two had their throats slashed open while the last one had his head rotated to an unnatural angle. The three that were standing weren’t looking much better with slash and claw marks covering them. But what surprised the stunned group the most was the two female dog youkai fighting with such vigor that it looked like it was a life and death struggle.
If only they knew the truth.
Kagome and Yuriye where both starting to pant hard, the fight was taking more out of them then they could have imagined, they had only taken down two of their opponents and still the alpha and beta just waited. They could see that Kaito was having a hard time keeping still, he would jump in soon without permission and when he did it would be trouble.
Kagome was having enough trouble with the two youkai that refused to back down; all she wanted to do was get out of the area and sleep. But she knew that sleep was not anywhere in the plans. Already, she had lost one sai and was fighting with her claws. She had cuts all over and she was pretty sure her back looked like a bloody mess. Yuriye wasn’t looking much better.
Neither had noticed that they had a new audience and so just kept fighting, a quick dodge here and swipe of the claws there. Both were quickly losing energy and the adrenaline was running out. Neither girl had noticed that the wolves had started to separate them. This was sending them towards the opposite sides of the feild. Yuriye was being herded towards the woods they had exited and Kagome towards the woods with the barrier.
“AHHH!!” That’s all Kagome heard before she whipped around and saw her best friend on the ground. And her staff was about 2 meters in back of her; a sword was pinning her down though her shoulder.
She felt claws tear through skin on her stomach but the pain never registered, all she could see was red. As soon as the claws stopped tearing her flesh, she whipped around to snarl, all could see Kagome’s eyes a solid red with blue and silver pupils in there respective eye. She lashed out and her claws went through the unfortunate youkai’s chest and out his back. As soon as her claws were out of his chest, her sai was thrown through others forehead killing him instantly. She couldn’t control her beast. They had hurt the only person that she cared for, and they would die.
“Get away from her,” she said more in a growl than anything. She started to stalk the youkai that stood over her best friend.
“No, she will die by my hand and you will fail once again to protect one you love.” Laughed the youkai.
She couldn’t handle that one statement. In a flash, she disappeared and stopped in front of him. She pounced on him ripping his throat out with her teeth and fangs. After she allowed him to fall to the ground dead, she turned around and stared at Koga challenging him to move towards her.
“Alpha, help,” she heard the small cry that came from behind her. Kagome started to back over her so her body shielded the injured Yuriye. Kagome’s body was losing blood fast and she knew she would pass out soon, if she did they would be defenseless.
“HAHAHA, you will die by my hand just not today,” Koga stated. He knew an Alpha protecting pack would fight until dead and he didn’t want to the chance. He and his beta Kaito started to run. “That is if you can make it out alive.”
As soon as they had left, Kagome turned and pulled the katana out of Yuriye’s shoulder so she could look at the wound.
“Fuck, could you pull that kami forsaken sword any slower,” growled Yuriye. She was already feeling nauseated, but the feel of the sword being pulled out of her shoulder was almost too much for her to handle. While she was still lying on the ground, Kagome started to look at all of her injuries. Suddenly she froze and started to growl. She quickly turned around and crouched down on top of her so no one could get to her.
Yuriye couldn’t understand why Kagome was growling at the woods. She couldn’t sense anything but she also knew that with the amount of blood that they were both losing, they wouldn’t make it running out of the field. She could feel Kagome's blood dripping from several wounds, the worse being the flaps of skin hanging off her stomach. And that was her limit; she turned to her side and threw up mostly bile.
Kagome could now feel the muted auras behind the barrier. There was a huge group, of what she couldn’t be sure of how many. She could feel her self fading fast; they had no option of running. She also had no weapon to defend them. She could see one of her sais still on the forehead of the dead youkai, the other sai was still missing, probably laying somewhere in the field. She could feel the panic of the beast within her start to rattle its cage. She couldn’t let it out, she knew if she transformed she would die and leave her beta alone.
“Beta… sorry…beta!!!” Kagome whined to Yuriye, she could feel tears building up in her eyes. She didn’t know what to do.
Back in the woods the group could only watch as the two female were separated and fighting for their lives. Half the group watched dark haired youkai lose her staff, be knocked down, and be pinned with a katana. Some wanted to go help but knew that this wasn’t their fight.
All heard the blood chilling howl that the white haired girl let out. Most couldn’t believe the speed she used and the sudden change in attitude when the raven haired was hurt.
Amber eyes widened when she ripped the throat out of the wolf youkai that had hurt the other dog youkai in the clearing; what also confused him was when the smaller youkai called her alpha. All stood still when they heard the declaration of the loud mouth wolf. They knew this was one of the rogue groups of youkai that had been wreaking havoc on local villages. Most were wondering what these two dog youkai had done to piss off the group.
“What are we to do sensei,” asked the young black haired monk.
“We will approach and offer to heal these two and help them out.” Said the elderly miko. “But we must approach with caution as most of you know when an alpha is protecting pack they will die fighting.”
All in the group already knew this, but the old miko wanted to make sure that the humans in the group didn’t take this point lightly. The group started forward but stopped immediately when they saw the white hair female turn and start to growl.
Kagome could sense the group coming forward and started to growl to try and bluff her way out of another fight. She knew that neither could move very far, she could feel the blood dripping from her stomach and other wounds. Black was slowly creeping into her vision. She looked into Yuriye’s emerald eyes and could see the fear reflected back. Kagome couldn’t keep her tears from betraying her true emotions. Both knew that they would die in this field should this group chose to fight, all Kagome could do was to go down fighting.
Kagome’s heart sank when the group came out from the trees. Not only were there youkai and hanyou in the group, but they could feel the holy ki energy. Also with the group there were a couple of humans but by the outfits that they wore they could only be demon exterminators. Could their luck get any worse, there was a snowballs chance in hell that they would live through this encounter.
“What do you want? We have not trespassed onto your territory,” sneered Kagome baring her fangs. She could barely see them; she was so close to letting the darkness take over. But if she did Yuriye would be left to defend herself and she couldn’t even stand.
Yuriye could barely open her eyes now she was slipping into darkness but didn’t want to leave Kagome alone. “Ka… Kagome,” was the last she could get out before she could feel nothing.
The group that had stepped out of the trees had heard the question and knew what she spoke was the truth. The youkai in the group noticed that the silver hair youkai eyes were not focused. They could see the puddle of blood under her and couldn’t understand how she was still standing. Soon though, they saw the raven haired dog youkai say one last name then pass out. The tears that the one named Kagome had started to shed, when she couldn’t wake up her beta, started to get to the female members of the group.
The elderly miko started to walk a few steps forward, but stopped when Kagome focused on her and started to growl again.
“Leave us; we have done nothing wrong,” again baring her teeth Kagome crouched low on top of Yuriye. She would die before allowing anyone the harm her beta. She couldn’t understand why these people were approaching them.
“Please just leave us, plea… se,” Kagome could feel herself slipping into the darkness. All she wanted to do was close her eyes and sleep. Slowly the darkness completely over took her eyesight; she knew that by the time she hit the ground she had just allowed their deaths to happen.