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Chapter Fourteen: To Protect the One I Love

Naraku looked at Inuyasha's demon form and was surprised to see his new state. A menacing aura surrounded Inuyasha as he began to walk slowly over to Naraku.

"Sesshomaru," Inuyasha growled, "Naraku and Bankotsu are mine to kill. Take care of Kagome for me."

Sesshomaru nodded. He knew how important it was for Inuyasha to actually take revenge. After all, it was his woman that Naraku and Bankotsu had hurt. Even if Sesshomaru was the elder brother, demon law dictated that he was not supposed to interfere in the affairs of a clan member unless they stepped out of bounds or asked for help.

Sesshomaru then walked over to Kagome's body, which Inuyasha had laid near a tree. He stared at the gash that went through her body. 'My brother is a fool. He forgets that I have Tenseiga.' With that, Sesshomaru pulled out the sword and cut the death demons that were trying to enchain her soul.

Kagome took a huge gasp of air as oxygen rushed into her lungs. She blinked, feeling disoriented with her surroundings. Her body ached, especially in her chest area. She looked at her body and noticed that her wounds were healing, but she still felt tired and sore. Kagome looked up to see Sesshomaru.

"Sesshomaru," Kagome whispered, still trying to find her voice. "What happened?"

"You were killed by Bankotsu," Sesshomaru answered calmly. "And then I used Tenseiga to retrieve your soul before it made its journey to the underworld. Inuyasha is now exacting his revenge on Bankotsu and Naraku for hurting you."

Kagome gasped. "Aren't you going to help him?" She winced as she tried to sit up.

Sesshomaru shook his head. "I am bound by demon law to stay out of my brother's affairs until he is in danger and asks for my help. But Inuyasha, being thickheaded, would probably never consider such a notion. He only asked that I protect you, which is what I'm doing now."

Kagome nodded slowly before she looked around to find where Inuyasha was. Inuyasha didn't look like himself. He had already transformed into his demon state and it shocked Kagome.

"Bankotsu," Inuyasha growled lowly and sinisterly, "because you have taken away someone very precious to me, I will make you suffer until you draw your last breath."

With that, Inuyasha lunged forward and extended his claws to scratch Bankotsu. However, Bankotsu managed to parry it with the halberd. Inuyasha growled angrily before he lunged again. Bankotsu didn't expect the speed that Inuyasha had exerted when he attacked, which cost him to receive a deep wound in his chest.

Inuyasha smirked when he looked at the gash that he had created on Bankotsu.

"I will slash you into a thousand pieces," Inuyasha said darkly. "And even that bastard Naraku would not be able to stop me."

Bankotsu looked over at Naraku and realized that he had left him to his fate. Naraku had a slight look of fear in his eyes, and didn't seem to want to risk his own life in a personal battle with Inuyasha.

Bankotsu then took a fighting stance, but Inuyasha in his demon state was only thirsting for bloodshed. Inuyasha's eyes glowed red and he growled at Bankotsu. His claws were sharp and ready to attack and without warning he lunged at Bankotsu again.

With one final blow, Inuyasha stuck his arm through Bankotsu's stomach. Bankotsu began to cough up blood. He fell over and as his eyes were losing focus, he whispered a thank you to Inuyasha.

But his words of gratitude were lost on Inuyasha's ears. He was too deep in his own bloodlust to notice anyone in his surroundings. He turned to Naraku now, who no longer had a confident smirk on his face.

"Now it is your turn," Inuyasha growled out. His demon blood was screaming for him to attack Naraku, but before Inuyasha could lunge at Naraku, he felt a small hand on his shoulder.

Inuyasha turned angrily to the owner of the hand. He was about to dig his claws into the entire arm when he recognized the scent of Kagome. His demon blood recognized her as his potential mate and he didn't want to hurt her. Immediately, his blood rage was cooling and the red color was receding from his eyes.

"Kagome," Inuyasha muttered hoarsely.

"Inuyasha," Kagome breathed softly. "I'm fine now. Please change back. You're scaring me."

Inuyasha pulled Kagome into his arms. "Don't…be afraid…of me. I won't…hurt you."

Inuyasha felt so tired. He had transformed into a demon when he was in his human form and it required much more energy to contain his demonic self. His eyelids were heavy and he felt his body slumped forward.

Kagome tried to catch him and he managed to fall into her arms as she wrapped them around his torso.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled in alarm as Inuyasha fell forward towards her. His name was the last thing he hears as the darkness consumed him.

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Inuyasha opened his eyes slowly. The light was hurting his eyes, but he still tried to open them anyway. The first thing that he registered was that his entire body felt like lead. His head was also pounding, but it was slowly receding. He finally realized that he was lying in his own bedroom.

"You're finally awake. I'm glad Inuyasha," Kagome smiled at him. She moved quickly to the side of his bed and looked down at him.

"Kagome, what happened?" Inuyasha asked. "I don't remember much about what happened. I mean, I do remember you getting hurt, but that's about all. And I think I lost control…"

"Well, you did lose it," Kagome said gently, "but there are still a lot of things that we need to talk about."

Inuyasha looked at her solemn expression and nodded.

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I know that this is a short chapter, but I'm just getting back to writing fanfiction, so, I thought that an update as soon as possible would be the best idea. This story is almost finish, so no worries. There are only about 1-2 chapters left, I'm not sure what yet, but it is almost done. Thank you everyone for still reading my stories and I will update asap!

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