The Rise of the Pheonix by Lady Kagome

The Hunt and The Capture

Shikon Savior

Disclaimer: I don't own 'em. I just use them to my own ends.

A/n: This is a new Sess/Kag story that has been brewing in my head for a little while, please feel free to constructively criticize, but please no flames, and don't be rude, rude people bother me. I am letting you know the pairing in advance, don't like Sess/Kag? Don't read. Thanks. I will do my best to keep everyone in character.

Chapter 1- The Hunt and The Capture

Kagome cursed as she ran through Inuyasha's forest, panting hard, trying to get away from the demon that pursued her. She cursed her stupidity at not bringing her bow and her knife. (A/n: yeah I know she isn't supposed to have a knife, but Sango decided she needed a close range weapon, ok? Great)

Behind her the demon chased excitedly, he could tell his prey was tiring, the small female in the green skirt would soon be all his. His red eyes followed her form as she ran ahead in the woods. He smiled wickedly as she dodged between trees and changed her course, trying to throw him off, but she couldn't hide from him sense of smell, a sense that while in his normal form was strong, was improved 10-fold in this form. He grinned wildly as the girl tripped, falling onto her knees with a loud snap and a piercing cry.

Kagome cried out as she fell, her ankle bending in a way it shouldn't and snapping. She shook her head, ridding her adrenaline-filled body of the pain. She stumbled to her feet and tried to run again, knowing it was too late. The demon howled out his catch and tackled the girl hard. His heavy form pinned her down as he inspected the back of his prize. Satisfied, he turned her around carefully, not wanted her to escape, the chase was fun, but what he was going to do to the enticing female was going to be much more fun. He looked from her panicked face to her slender neck and farther down to the white shirt she always wore, torn from her trek through the woods. He smiled and shredded it and the strange garment underneath with his sharp claws, not caring if he nicked skin.

"Osuwari!" Kagome cursed again, she didn't know why the subduing beads weren't working, all she knew is that they weren't. Tears ran down her face as her shirt and bra were torn off, his sharp claws taking pieces of skin out with them. She shuddered as she felt the hands creeping up her legs to her skirt. "Inuyasha! Please! Don't do this! Please...it's me, Kagome, don't you know me?" she begged to him, but she knew when she looked into his red eyes, he was too far gone. Suddenly, the fight went out of her, and she retreated to the deepest corner of her mind as the demon took her, beat her and left her. The last thing she remembered before drifting into unconscious bliss was watching his form walk away, licking his claws clean.

The Shikon-No-Tama began pulsing and glowing as a beautiful, though translucent, woman approached the miko's unconscious form. She knelt next to the girl, placing a hand on her forehead as she felt her life force slipping away. The woman sighed and placed a finger on the jewel.

"I had hoped it wouldn't come to this, but there is no other way"

The jewel glowed brightly, its magic surrounding the girl and the area around her, creating a powerful shield to protect her. The woman smiled and enveloped the girl in a cocoon of her own magic, performing the one spell that would allow the girl to survive such grievous injuries. She smiled and released the magic, before disappearing once again.

Sesshoumaru, the demon lord of the Western Lands sniffed at the wind gently, trying to locate the exact location of the strange magic he sensed. He walked quickly, not liking the way the magic felt. He continued through woods until he came to a pink barrier surrounding a small form. He looked at a dead wolf corpse, wondering if the barrier had been what killed him. He gently touched the barrier. It resisted him at first, but allowed him through a breath later. When he was through the barrier he stopped and covered his nose as the scent of blood, his half-brother and sex assaulted his nose. He sniffed carefully the blood was that of the human girl his half-brother normally traveled with. He then looked at the figure on the ground, she was a fox demon. 'A pretty little thing' he reluctantly admitted to himself. She had long black hair streaked with blue and green and the stripes on her face where blue and green. His eyes lingered a moment on her naked body, examining the wounds there. He sniffed her and recoiled, the scent of Inuyasha was all over her, but it was the scent of his full demon, not his half demon.

'So, Inuyasha attacked the demon' He shook his head at his brother's stupidity. He sniffed the demon again, trying to identify her and paused, confused. The blood on the ground was human, though this female clearly was not, though her scent strongly resembled that of the human.

'Is it possible, the miko was turned into a demon?' he wondered. 'But how...and why?' at that moment something white caught his eye, it was a shirt, or what was left of one. Next to it he found a green skirt, the same color as the strange miko wore. He nodded, knowing that somehow, that human miko was now the fox demon in front of him. He knelt by her form, inspecting the wounds more carefully, while she could survive, she would be weak for days after, prey to any hungry demon.

'Why do I care' He asked himself silently, staring at the demoness.

'Because she interests you and puzzles you. She pulled out Father's sword when you couldn't, and attacked you without fear. She is an intriguing creature and you might actually like her, cold as you pretend to be.'

Sesshoumaru sighed and shook his head at such folly. Still, he carefully picked up the girl and took off toward his castle.