A New Life For Two

Chapter Nineteen


"Kohaku," Sango just stared at the little boy walking towards her. 'It can't be him, he died.' Yet if someone was sick enough to keep the boy alive for his own purposes it was one of Naraku's detachments. Had the attachment dug the boy from the grave to continue the sick game his creator had started. The boy threw his sickle at her aiming for her head. She brought her sword up in time to stop it. "No, Kohaku."

Kagome stared at the small boy. Things could get bad really quick. Sango wouldn't want to fight against her brother. She tried focusing on taking out the amulets holding the rest in place. She had to hurry. The power was being emitted in large waves making it hard to single the source out.

Sango tried to reason with the boy, "Stop Kohaku." He brought the weapon down again. She jumped out the way. The demon took the opportunity while both girls were preoccupied to finish off the group ripe for slaughter. He summoned his minions, "Destroy them."

They crossed the distance, Sango saw it and choose. She grabbed and unleashed Hiraikotsu instead of defending off Kohaku's blow. Pain shot through her right shoulder as the weapon plunged into her flesh. But the large weapon hit its mark destroying the herd of demons. The lifeless boy pulled the weapon out causing her to cry out. She stumbled back, she was more than pissed. The pain was causing her to think clearly. The jewel was gone, there was no way he'd be able to keep Kohaku alive without it. It was nothing more than a trick to keep her occupied long enough to kill the others.

"You are meddlesome little bitch. For that I will kill your brother."

"Don't bother I'll do it for you." Sango grabbed the weapon as it came back. As soon as it hit her hand she swung it infront of her, tearing the clone in two. "You're tricks will no longer work on me. For what you tried to do, I'll kill you." She charged him.

"What the fuck are you doing? Trying to get yourself killed?" Yusuke was trying to move. Everyone could smell the blood pouring out the wound. "You stupid bitch!"

Kagome zeroed in on the first one and let her arrow fly. "One down," She quickly found the second and took it out.

Sango saw the first demon coming for her, the bastard was too scared to fight her one on one. She brought the weapon down tearing it in two. Rage blinded her to the fact she was slowly bleeding to death. One by one his minions went down, she was covered in her own blood and theirs. By the time they were all dead, she felt her knees wanting to buckle. Loss of blood was getting to her fast. Her vision began to swim causing her to stumble.

Kagome watched her friend go down, "Sango." She let an arrow fly trying to end it all by killing him. The arrow was repelled by the barrier. She felt her feet leave the air, and herself being hurled back. Her back hit a tree knocking her out. She crumpled to the ground.

Sango tried to get up but her arms wouldn't support her weight. "I won't die before I kill you."

"You have lost bitch," He lowered himself to walk to her. He stood over her, "Know this. I will kill everyone, your death has been for nothing." He laughed when he heard the detective cursing.

"Get away from her you bastard!"

He formed an energy blast in his hand meaning to kill the girl Yurameshi seemed fond of. "Die." He felt something sharp across his throat. He looked infront of him to see blue eyes glaring at him. Blood was pooling down his chest, his blood. He brought his hand up to feel the large hole in his throat. He tried to speak but all that came out was a gurgle. 'How? He'd gotten past the spell and the barrier.' His body fell to the ground.

Sango looked up at the youkai from earlier, his long gold hair blew behind him. Blood was dripping off his claws, he'd ripped the bastard's throat out.

He turned to the girl on the ground. "Little flower you are injured." He bent down and placed his hand over the small hole. A burning sensation tore through the flesh. Within seconds the wound closed as if it never happened. "You have lost a lot of blood." He picked her up bridal style.

The magic wore off within the next couple of seconds. The demons felt it release them. Kurama ran over to Kagome, she was laying on the ground. He saw her still breathing and spoke her name. "Kagome, Kagome."

She opened her eyes, "Wow, do I have one hell of a hangover." Her head was throbbing. She blushed when she saw him smiling down at her. Suddenly, everything came back. "Sango?"

"I think she will be okay." Kurama picked her up before she could protest. She wanted to see her friend and wasn't in the condition to walk. "I'm taking you to her."

"Thank you."

Sango felt herself being held against a warm chest. It somehow felt safe, her eyes closed. She really needed a nap.

Hiei landed in front of the youkai and frowned. It irked him that this man had been able to walk right past the magic and to kill the demon without any effort. Just a flick of his prissy wrist.

Haru smiled down at the little demon, "So we meet again Forbidden One." He nodded his head in greeting. He knew the girl was sleeping in his arms. The feeling was welcomed, if he had his way she would stay there. He'd been walking like usual when he'd caught the scent of her blood. He'd come in time to see that worthless demon about to kill her. He didn't stop to consider what was going on. He'd went straight for his throat. Finding her near death wasn't sitting well with him. What kind of worthless mate would let her be injured?

"Give her to me now," Yusuke pushed Jin out the way. He stood in front of the dragon with his hands fisted at his sides.

"That answers my question." Haru perked an eyebrow. "Why should I?"

The boy didn't answer just stood there as if he didn't know what to say. Any smart demon would have known that all he had to do was enforce his claim on the girl. Then Haru would have been honor bound to hand her over. Yusuke couldn't say what his heart told him to say. 'She belonged to him.' But speaking the words outloud would be admitting in front of everyone how he had betrayed Keiko. The words wouldn't pass his lips, so he said nothing.

Haru sighed. The girl deserved better than the boy. What idiot wouldn't claim the treasure sleeping in his arms. True she was a ningen, yet that meant little to him. She was unique and beautiful. The fox demon was walking his way carrying another girl. His eyes perked at seeing that girl. A miko, interesting. He wasn't against having two women in his bed. When she smiled seeing her friend sleeping peacefully he looked her over. She didn't smell as good as the little flower but was appealing enough.

Kurama caught the dragon looking at Kagome, sizing her up. A growl entered his throat, Yusuke may be a fool but he was not. He'd let the man know his place.

Haru laughed when he heard the sound. The miko was unclaimed yet the fox was already letting him know to keep his hands off. Oh well, he really wanted his flower anyway. With that in mind he turned back to Yusuke. He let his anger be felt. "If you didn't want her you should have kept your filthy hands to yourself. I should kill you in order to claim her for myself."

"The boy's a fool what can we say." Hiei didn't care if the detective liked the truth or not.

Kagome looked back and forth between the three. Seemed they were all about to fight over Sango. Wow! Too bad the girl was already falling for Yusuke. The one holding her was very cute. This must be the dragon Hiei had been talking about earlier. He'd saved her friend's life so she was grateful to him.

"Shut the fuck up, Hiei. What do you care?" Yusuke was seeing red. He wanted nothing more than to snatch the girl out of that bastard's arms.

"Wouldn't you like to know." Hiei glared at him. He knew the girl would never be interested in him. Yet both had saved his life more than once, they had his respect. He'd seen the way she looked at Yusuke when she thought no one was watching. The girl had feelings for the fool. He would enjoy watching the boy squirm thinking he was in danger of losing her to another man. Though he could smell that the dragon's interest in her was geniune.

Jaken pulled on Kagome's sleeve, she looked down at him. "If my Lady would like I can tend to washing Lady Sango's clothing, since it is covered in blood." He turned to the three men. "Well, whenever they stop acting like idiots and hand the girl over that is."

All three glared at him, he stood his ground. He knew his new master wouldn't let them lay a finger on him. It was proven when Yusuke went to take a step towards the little imp. Kagome's hand began to glow, "Touch him, I dare you!" She was beyond pissed at him, he didn't want to push his luck. Jaken did something childish for the first time since he was a hatchling, he stuck his tongue at the man.

"He is right, the girl needs to be cleaned up and to rest." Haru knew where the stream was and headed that way. Kurama followed with Kagome in tow. Jaken trailed after them.

At the stream he placed her on the ground, as much as he wanted to see her bare skin. This wasn't the time and he was a gentleman. He took off his outer haori (is that how you spell it?), "Here you can cover her up with this while her clothing is being cleaned and dried. I will be nearby." He took off leaving Kurama and Kagome with the sleeping girl.

Kagome was placed on her feet, she had a slight headache but she was fine. She let out a sigh of relief getting out his arms. It had been doing things to her nerves. She'd wanted to run her fingers through that soft hair. His fingers had been wrapped around left thigh. Her skin still burned, leaving its impression on her. Jaken was waiting nearby with his back turned.

Kurama told her he'd be standing nearby, in case she needed anything. Kagome began to undress the girl, she felt something wet hit her face.

"Oops, sorry My Lady, this Jaken thought you might want to wash the girl off. Its hard to aim with one's back turned."

"No problem." The little imp! She had to laugh. The same piece of cloth Sango had torn from Yusuke shirt had been dipped into the stream. After removing the clothing and throwing it at the back of Jaken's head she cleaned her off. The imp hummed to himself as he washed the blood out. Getting the new clothes on Sango almost became a problem but she soon figured it out.

"Is it okay to turn around?" Jaken asked. He had the wet clothes in his hand.

"Yes."

"Very well. I will go put these somewhere to dry quickly." He planned on using his staff to get them to dry quickly. He passed the fox standing there waiting to carry the girl back to camp. "She's done you may go now."

Kurama felt like kicking the cocky toad in the head. Little bastard had the nerve to talk down at him. Instead he walked back to Kagome. She was sitting beside her friend, crying. He came up behind her and placed a hand on her shoulder. She turned and threw herself in his arms.

Kagome hadn't been able to stop the tears from coming. She was crying for her friend. At seeing the girl go down, she'd thought she'd lost the only real friend left in her life. Then she started feeling the girl's pain. The taijiya had already lost everything once, now she was hurting all over again. Then that bastard had the nerve to throw the loss back in her face. Kagome wanted to protect her friend but didn't know how.

Kurama held her as she cried. The only words that came from her mouth were, "Poor Sango." She stayed in his arms long after she stopped crying. The comfort she found there was something she'd never felt before. With Inuyasha it had been a feeling a safety but now it felt like she'd found where she belonged. Which didn't make any sense to her. She most certainly didn't belong with the womanizer. She lifted her face to thank him and then move away. It didn't happen. She looked into his large green eyes and stopped. He was staring down at her and she found that she couldn't look away.

He lowered his head to claim her mouth. Her eyes widened in shock, yet she stayed put. When his lips touched hers she closed her eyes. His lips were soft as they brushed hers. His tongue slid across her lower lip, tasting her. She opened her mouth to protest, big mistake. He slid his tongue inside, a jolt shot through her body at the contact. A moan filled his mouth, she brought her tongue to meet his. It slid across his almost shyly. He grabbed her neck pulling her closer and depended the kiss. Kagome felt lightheaded, his tongue demanded her surrender. She moaned when his palm cupped her breast.

"Kagome?" They broke apart at the girl's name. Sango was staring right at them with a confused look on her face.

The miko shoved the fox away. "Sango, you're awake. How are you feeling?" She could feel her cheeks burning. Damn it, all to hell. Why did she let him kiss her?


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