Hold On For Me

Chapter 2: Suigetsuma

"You...?" Sesshomaru inquired, urging the girl to continue. he was calm, as always, watching her from the corner of his eye. "Rin," he said, looking back up to the sky. "Do you yearn for me?"

Rin did not answer, but her cheeks flushed bright red and her heart beat quickened. "I... Lord Sesshomaru, I lov-"

"Quiet," Sesshomaru suddenly hissed, unsheathing his sword. "I smell you, demon! Reveal yourself!"

There was a sudden snap and something pounced from the bushes. It clamped its fangs on Sesshomaru's Bakusaiga. It appeared to be a cross between a gigantic wolf and snakes. It had a wolf's strong body and one wolf head, but two snake heads and long necks on each side. One of the snake heads held the Bakusaiga with it's fangs.

The wolf head turned to Rin and gave a low growl, causing Rin to whimper, defenseless. She baked against the Bone Eater's Well, clutching the edge so tight her knuckles turned white.

"Rin!" Sesshomaru called. He released the Bakusaiga and pushed her away from the well. "Run!" he told her, but her legs refused to move. "Run, Rin!" he growled.

"I can't move, Lord Sesshomaru!"

Sesshomaru cursed to himself, then stood in front of her, preparing his poison claws.

Suddenly, a sacred arrow lodged itself into the demon's wolf throat. It turned it's glare from Rin, and looked to the direction of the arrow.

"Leave this place!" Kagome yelled at it. "Leave and never return!"

"You think you scare me? You, a mere human miko," the demon retorted, his voice deep and raspy. "Here I came for a meal, and I find a feast, complete with dessert!" he surveyed the people around him, locking his eyes on Rin.

Swiftly, Sesshomaru regained his Bakusaiga and sliced off two of the snake heads. In their place grew four more.

The wolf head threw back in malicious laughter. "Fool!" The wolf head smirked at them. "I have a miko, a demon slayer, and a demon for my meal, along with a little girl for dessert. I bet she's sweet!" One of the snake heads wrapped itself around Rin. The wolf head gave her a good lick, getting a taste.

"Let her go!" Sesshomaru growled, raising the Bakusaiga.

Rin whimpered as the wolf head licked her again. An arrow shot into the demon's right eye.

"You almost hit Rin!" Sesshomaru growled lowly.

"I'm sorry!" Kagome exclaimed.

"Wind Scar!" came from the trees.

With Rin clutched tight, the demon jumped into the air.

"Dammit," InuYasha muttered.

"It's days like this I wish I still had my Wind Tunnel," Miroku admitted, preparing Sutras.

"No you don't. If you used it, you would suck up Rin too. Then Sesshomaru would kill you."

"Let her go," Sesshomaru told the demon, thrusting the Bakusaiga into the demon's side. The demon gave a howl and kicked Sesshomaru aside. It didn't hurt him, just knocked him away. "You'd better let the girl go if you knew what was best for ya," InuYasha yelled at the demon. "Sesshomaru isn't very happy and if he gets any angrier, he's going to rip you to shreds."

The demon laughed and whacked InuYasha with his long, furry snake tail. It knocked the Tessaiga out of InuYasha's hands. It landed next to Sesshomaru. He hesitated a moment before hesitantly grabbing the handle of Tessaiga. At first, it sent a wave of electricity through him, then he realized what he must do.

"Tessaiga!" he called to the sword. "Lend me your power so that I may protected Rin. Allow me to protect the human I love!"

The electricity stopped. Tessaiga pulsed, turning purple.

"What's going on?" InuYasha asked himself, then he felt a sharp pain on his neck. Instinctively, he slapped it. Myoga fell into the palm of his hand. "Oh, Myoga. When did you get here? What's going on with Tessaiga?"

"It seems that Sesshomaru has unlocked Tessaiga's full power when he asked for its assistance. The purple Tessaiga unleashes the move Suigetsuma, a move that destroys an enemy from the inside! Now. I mustt say goodbye." With that, Myoga was gone in the blink of an eye.

Sesshomaru raised the sword and slashed it towards the demon's belly yelling, "Suigetsuma!" However, he had waited too long. It had impaled Rin with its teeth. Sesshomaru growled lowly, and Kagome leaped up and caught Rin in her arms. The demon swiped at them with it's paws, sending them down head-first into the well. One phrase went through Rin's mind as she hit her head and lost consciousness. "Allow me to protect the human I love."