Could He Love Me?

The Shattered Jewel

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I do not own anything other than Yuzuki and my own little twists to the plot.

Chapter Two
The Shattered Jewel

"I'll make this simple. If you want to live give me the Jewel!" Inuyasha commanded. His amber eyes glared down at Kagome as he cracked his knuckles, getting ready to attack her and get himself the Jewel.

Before he could make a move, a voice called everyone's attention, "You won't touch a single hair on her head." All heads snap to the voice behind them. There stood Yuzuki. She was panting and using her sword as a crutch, her free hand was holding her injured shoulder. Her white coat was now almost completely red from her own blood. Ever since the twins were little Yuzuki had been the one to protect Kagome, she wasn't going to stop now.

Inuyasha scoffed, "And what are you going to do about it? You think I'll be gentle when she has the same scent as the woman who killed me?" He yelled and lunged forward, swiping his claws toward Kagome in an attempt to sever her head from her body. Kagome was able to jump out of the way of the hit and only got hit by the debris. She ran behind a tree to get away from another attack, but before Inuyasha could get to her he was punched in the face, knocking him back onto the ground. He got up and rubbed his jaw as he looked at who had hit him. When he saw the older twin glaring down at him he yelled, "What the hell are you? A normal human should be dead from the beating you took!" He couldn't wrap his head around how she could still be alive. He could smell the fresh blood, evidence that she was still bleeding.

"I'm her sister and you just managed to piss me off." The pain from her shoulder was intense, but she let the adrenaline and the anger take over as she lunged forward to attack Inuyasha. There was no way she was going to let him get away with trying to kill her baby sister.

Kagome watched as the two fought. She could tell Yuzuki was becoming weaker and weaker as time went on. Something needed to happen fast or she might not have a sister anymore... Just as soon as the thought entered her mind she pushed it away. Yuzuki had been in bad situations before and made it through, she could make it through this one.

Her concentration on the fight was broken as Kaede and a few villagers came up next to her. She quickly took in the situation and pulled a ring of dark read beads from her sleeve. Kagome could hear her mutter a few words under her breath before the woman threw the beads out into the fight. She was surprised when they were thrown perfectly over Inuyasha's head. The young man looked down for an instant, confused by the beads. Kaede quickly turned to Kagome and said urgently, "Kagome, utter a subduing spell!"

The younger twin's eyes went wide, "A sub-wha?" She had absolutely no idea what she was talking about.

As she fought, Yuzuki couldn't resist the urge to look over at Kagome and Kaede. What were they doing? In the instant Yuzuki looked away from the fight, Inuyasha took the advantage and knocked the blade form Yuzuki's hands. The girl gasped and knew she had royally screwed up. When she saw the claws nearing her upper chest and neck she closed her eyes, too weak to try and move out of the way. She was at her limit.

"Sit!"

No sooner after the word was screamed, the beads around Inuyasha's neck began to glow. He was then pulled to the ground. All he could do was stare out into space in utter shock. He sat up and tried to lift the beads from his neck and screamed, "What in the seven hell's?"

Kaede walked forward calmly, knowing Inuyasha was no longer a threat to her. "Spare your strength Inuyasha, not all your strength will lift those prayer beads from your neck."

Inuyasha looked at her and growled. How dare she! "You withered crone!" He jumped up and swiped his claws at the old priestess.

Kagome noticed this and yelled, "Sit!" Once again Inuyasha dropped to the ground. Now that Inuyasha seemed taken care of, Kagome rushed over to Yuzuki who was still standing there. She swayed from side to side slightly on her feet as she stared at her sister blankly. Kagome grew even more worried when she noticed just how pale Yuzuki was. "Y-Yuzuki?" She received no response, instead her sister's eyes rolled back into her skull as she fell forward. Kagome let out a gasp and caught her sister before she hit the ground. As Kaede and the villagers rushed over to help Kagome could feel the moist blood that had soaked into her sister's clothing. Her eyes grew wide and she began to shake as tears welled up in her eyes. She looked so small and weak.