To become by JeniNeji

Chapter 7

Inuyasha belongs to Rumiko Takahashi

Beta: MissKatt

To become

Chapter 7

Touga felt his heir's energy. He felt his fear through their bond.

It gave him the power to unchain himself from the trapping binds that held him in place. It took him half a second to release his beast and fly to the Higurashi Pre-School.

It took him all of ten seconds to arrive.

He spent a second transforming back into his humanoid self… and finally another to break the woman's neck.

The woman gasped in surprise and it was the last thing she did. Then her body fell limp to the floor and the woman's long hair floated away, leaving the woman's pretty face open to his appraisal. It lasted only a minute though because she broke down as if she were made of glass… and then as dust floated away.

A loud pounding in his head and a skip of his heart were his reactions. "I-Izayoi?" he whispered in horror. Why? She was Inuyasha's mother… why would she attack Sesshomaru?

Izayoi hadn't wanted the child, but he wouldn't allow her to abort. He cared not if she was the miko of the Shikon or not, she should have thought of that before tangling with one such as him. If being so pure was that important… she shouldn't have slept with him in the first place. He paid her handsomely to have the pup, he even kept her secret… why would she come here to attack Sesshomaru? It didn't make sense… what would he tell Inuyasha when he grew up and asked about his mother? He cursed.

"Father!" cried Sesshomaru and the desperation in his voice made the older Taiyoukai turn to his pup.

The pup was crying over the still body of the Higurashi woman. He could hear the woman's heart beating slowly, but it was trailing off. A glimmering arrow rested over her heart, and he was quick to notice the pink hue of miko energy. Then again, he could also see her bluish miko energy coiling around this other one. "She's fighting it," explained Touga as he walked to the pair.

"I-Izayoi tried to kill me," sobbed Sesshomaru as he gripped Kagome's hand with shaking hands, "Kagome-san saved me," he finally howled, crystalline tears falling down from his golden eyes.

Touga sighed, feeling terrible about what had happened to the young woman… and at the same time eternally grateful. She had saved his pup. So, he sat next to Sesshomaru and pulled the younger inu to his lap and together they watched for hours as the woman fought for her life.

It was late during the night when she lost the fight. "We all fall down," said the Inu no Taisho with a despairing voice.

Higurashi Kagome, however, did not die. Instead she fell prey to a spell which would freeze her time for eternity.

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