Ch.3 – Poison lizards

The Castle continues to shake violently as giant rocks are catapulted through the air. Khan is running around. "I said to your stations! We fight! Prepare for battle! Now!"

A giant boulder lands in front of Sesshomaru on the floor of his study. He just looks at it oddly. "I don't see anything out of the ordinary…." He examines the rock. After a minute a hole opens up in the top and an ugly-looking lizard crawls out. Its eyes are white, showing that it's blind. It searches the room using scents. Sesshomaru looks at it's ugly coloring, yellow with lime green spots. "Poison lizards." Suddenly a whip-like tongue lashes out at Sesshomaru from the lizard's mouth. Sesshomaru dodges it and slashes the lizard with his poison talons. The lizard slowly burns up into a puddle of dark, liquid acid on the floor. "That's why they're throwing rocks! Shit! KHAN!"

The wolf demon appears immediately. "Yes!?"

"Don't let anyone get past our gates under any circumstances until I say it's safe! Block as many boulders as you can! Stop them from firing! These rocks have poison lizards hiding in them! Kill them all!"

"Yes Sir!!!" Khan runs off, yelling to the soldiers. "KILL THEM ALL! I WANT NONE LEFT ALIVE! THEIR LEADER IS MINE!" His eyes turn yellow. "Game on."

Sesshomaru quickly gets his armor and head to Khan's room. Along the way he picks off 4 poison lizards. As he nears the room he hears Hikaru crying out. "Da! Li… Liard! Da! Liard! Liard! Waa!" Sesshomaru speeds into the room to find that a poison lizard has Hikaru trapped in a corner, keeping the child there by lashing out at him. Angered by this Sesshomaru's eyes turn red and he transforms into a giant white dog. He pounces on the unsuspecting lizard, rips its head off and then tares it to sheds. As he is busy taking his anger out on the poison lizard Hikaru starts to cry out again. L… li… liard! Liard!" But Sesshomaru doesn't hear him over the sounds on the lizard literally being torn to pieces. "DA!" Hikaru screams.

Sesshomaru finally hear Hikaru and changes back to his human form. He quickly, but gently scoops up Hikaru and holds the child in his arms. "I'm sorry Hikaru. I should have reacted to the castle being under attack faster then I did. Forgive me."

"Liard!" Hikaru panics. "Liard!" He points behind Sesshomaru.

"What?" Sesshomaru has no time to react as a handful of poison lizards enter the room, sense them and start attacking. Sesshomaru takes several hits to his arms and shoulders, protecting Hikaru as he runs from the room. Poison lizards have taken over the hallway, causing Sesshomaru to receive more blows, trying to protect his son. After so many blows, the hits start to work through is armor. Sesshomaru growls as he slashes at the lizards with poison talons on one hand as he holds Hikaru tightly with his other hand. Hikaru cries into Sesshomaru's shirt, calling out for his mother in fear as he clings to Sesshomaru. "It's ok… Hikaru… everything will be ok… I won't let them hurt you." Sesshomaru just tightens his hold on the child.

(Outside)

"Get the soup!" Khan yells at the guards. "If they want to come to our gates then lets feed these bitches!" The guards on the wall haul a giant cauldron up the steps to the top of the gates. "Unleash the soup!" The vat of boiling molten liquid is poured over the gates, burning up the small army of demons that have gathered there. They all scream out as they are slowly taken under and burned to cinders. "Check for survivors! If anything even flinches down there, attack!" Khan lets half of the soldiers out of the gates. Half of what is left take up posts to keep up defense while the rest are sent into the castle to battle poison lizards.

(Back inside)

Sesshomaru stumbles into a wall as he is hit in the back of the neck by a poison lizard. Dark blood stains his shirt collar as it slowly trickles down his back. Hikaru continues to hold onto Sesshomaru's shirt with a death grip as he cries out in fear. More poison lizards seem to appear out of nowhere as the castle continues to shake. Sesshomaru hears the shout of men on the lower floors, warning him that his castle is indeed being taken over. His eyes start to turn a demonic red as he tried to hold back his desire to shift forms and tare apart every poison lizard in the area. He wanted to pull out his energy whip, but if he did he risked hitting Hikaru.

(W/ Kagome)

In the midst of running back to the Western Lands, she senses something. She stops, confused at what is picking at the back of her mind. Out of nowhere she hears the sound of a child crying out. –Ma!- The voice cries.

"Hikaru?" She whispers.

-Ma!- The voice continues to shriek. –MA!-

"Hikaru!" Her eyes turn blue and she begins running once more, this time faster. –Sesshomaru?!- She tries to reach her mate. –Sesshomaru!!!-

No response.

-KHAN!!!- She screams on the inside of her mind, slowing down.

-Sis? Where are you?- Khan's worried voice enters her mind.

-I'm on my way home. What's going on?! Why is Hikaru screaming!?-

-Him and Sesshomaru must still be inside the castle!-

-What?-

-We're kinda under attack…-

-WHAT!?!?! When did this happen? What's going on!?-

-New development this afternoon. Demons are trying to break through the gate; we're being attacked with rocks at the moment. I sent some of the men inside because I heard someone yelling about poison lizards. But right now I'm busy so I can't really talk anymore.-

-Busy doing what!?!-

-Killing. Duh. Bye.-

-Khan!- Kagome gets shut out of the mental link. –KHAN!- "I should hit him for that." Kagome takes off for the castle once again, this time running even faster.

( The castle)

"RRRAH!" Sesshomaru growls as he rips the head off of a poison lizard. Hikaru still clings to his shirt crying. Sesshomaru still holds the child protectively with one arm as he uses the other to battle the poison lizards. His growls get more and more angry as he also tries to hold back his demonic side.

(Outside)

"Get back here you weak little bitches!" Khan howls at a small group of retreating demons. "Get back here and FIGHT ME!" All of a sudden the demons, now quite far away, turn around and start running back toward him. "Now that's more like it! Bring on the challenge!" Khan smirks. As they get closer he realizes that they are actually not running to him, but running away from something. This puzzles him for several minutes until he notices a pair of big, flaming blue eyes behind them. "Oh look! My sister's home!" Khan reaches out, grabs two of the demons and cracks their skulls together. He then proceeds to rip the head off another one, shred the one behind the other and pounce on the remaining, lone demon; crushing him into the ground. "Welcome home Sis."

"Where is my son?" Kagome growls, changing into her human form.

"Wow. Someone is pissed. IN the castle with Sesshomaru still I believe. You're not staying out here to fight with me?"

"No. I want my son."

"What a bummer, we would have so much fun. These guys out here are just a bunch of weak little bitches."

"Care to give me a lift?"

"You're actually going to let me do that?" Khan becomes excited.

"Just this once because Hikaru is in danger."

"Yes ma'am." Khan grabs hold of the inside of her arm and she does likewise. He starts to spin her, gathering speed quickly. "Ready Sis?"

"Ready."

"Go!" He flings her into the air. Kagome turns to crash through the only unbroken window left to Sesshomaru's study. She hits the floor hard, pieces of glass fall around her.

-Thanks Bro.- She slowly gets up and removes shattered pieces that she has just accumulated on her person.

-You're welcome.- Khan responds cheerfully.

She sighs, shaking her head at Khan's overly happy response. "Now… to find my mate and son." She jumps over the broken pieces on the floor to avoid the sharp points and takes off down the hallway, following Sesshomaru's scent.