InuYasha Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Through your Heart ❯ Prince InuYasha ( Chapter 14 )

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Through your Heart

Chapter 14: Prince InuYasha

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"I thought you were dead."

Usagi didn't turn around and continued to gaze at her surroundings calmly. "What made you believe this nonsense?"

Sesshoumaru furrowed his brow a little and took a step in her direction. "Your house. It was burned to the ground and there was no indication of life in the area" was the answer he gave.

Usagi closed her eyes and sighed. "Ah yes, that. It was I who burned the house."

Sesshoumaru gave her a perplex look, although she wasn't looking at him. "Why." It came out more in a statement than a question and the rabbit finally turned to look at him.

"It's complicated." She shrugged and directed her gaze behind the Taiyoukai where the people were starting to awake and prepare for another busy day. "The other Lords will surely be looking for you and I don't want to make InuYasha and the others worry. I better go to."

As she walked beside the Inu Lord, he caught her wrist with his one good hand and growled slightly. "InuYasha" he said with hate, "what is he to you?"

Usagi blinked and smiled, moving in and hugging the unsuspecting Lord around his shoulders. "Is the High and Mighty Ice Prince Jealous? Do my ears deceive me?" She teased him while he lowered his gaze on the ground, silent.

"Seriously Sesshoumaru, InuYasha is a friend. Please don't hurt him."

Sesshoumaru growled but calmed down right after, his eyes returning to their detached glint. He backed away from the embrace and gave her a look that almost made her fidget on the spot. She looked uncomfortable under such an intense gaze and to decipher it at the moment was an impossible task. "Um, Sesshoumaru?"

She didn't have the time to finish as the Taiyoukai slowly raised the tip of his tail to stroke her cheeks gently, before he turned around suddenly to join the other Lords. She stood there, dazed on the spot, until she snapped out of it and hurried to catch up with the Ice Prince.

He glanced down at her smiling face out of the corner of his eyes and unconsciously inched closer. If she noticed it, she never complained.

When they arrived back at the campsite, Usagi rolled her eyes as InuYasha and Kouga were yet in another verbal match. They were being humouredly watched by the other Lords and some soldiers who had nothing else to do. Kurama and Ryuu straightened when they spotted Sesshoumaru and raised their eyebrows at him, surprised that he would let a human stand beside him instead of behind like a common sign of submission.

The Inu Lord ignored their inquisitive looks and just stood there, staring at the fighting youkai and hanyou. The blonde girl at his side raised an eyebrow when she heard the very interesting names they were calling each other and Kagome finally interfered when they moved into more aggressive stances. "InuYasha OSUWARI!"

The hanyou froze and hit the ground while Kouga started laughing his ass off with glee. "Ha! Ha! Ha! It doesn't matter how many times you do that, it's bloody priceless every time!" He snickered some more just to provoke the hanyou further.

InuYasha growled dangerously but was still pinned down so he couldn't react to the teasing. Beside Sesshoumaru, Usagi scowled at Kouga's behavior and was about to walk to him to give him a piece of her mind when the Inu Lord reacted for her.

He walked calmly to Kouga and flexed his claws to put more emphasis on his next phrase; "Wolf, kindly shut up now before I rip away that obnoxious mouth of yours."

Kouga stopped immediately and frowned. "I thought you hated him, Lord Sesshoumaru. Why help him? He is a mere hanyou, after all." He stepped away nonetheless and watched as InuYasha got up with a murderous look in his eyes, Kagome running to him to ask if he was alright.

"Keh! Sesshoumaru! Mind your own business next time! I don't need you help!" InuYasha said rudely to the unfazed Lord.

Kurama frowned. "You are rather impolite, in front of a Lord, no less. Why Sesshoumaru tolerates this is way beyond my comprehension."

Raijuu heartily agreed. "Why don't you kill him, Lord Sesshoumaru? He is but a half-breed, nothing we will miss."

Sesshoumaru flexed his claws to the cocky dragon prince under the watchful eyes of the Taiyoukai of the North. "He may be a half-breed but he is of my bloodline nonetheless. The Tetsusaiga he wields is proof of that."

While some understood what he implied right away to their great bafflement, Kouga just looked at Sesshoumaru weirdly. "What do you mean? I know InuYasha is half dog demon, but to say he is of your bloodline?"

He eyed Kagome curiously when she giggled at his ignorance. "Oh Kouga! Didn't you know? InuYasha is Sesshoumaru's half-brother! They have the same father."

The wolf prince's mouth opened and closed and he kept pointing between the 2 half-brothers. "WHAT?! Sesshoumaru is related to…that?!" He blinked and tried to compose himself. Sesshoumaru's intense cold gaze made him fidget a little and he decided it was best he ignore InuYasha for a while.

The hanyou smirked at his reaction and was satisfied that no one spoke of him so lowly now. Usagi looked between the 2 silver haired youkai. Sesshoumaru looked totally indifferent to all the reactions, calm as always, while InuYasha looked proud and on the arrogant side. "Um, I had noticed some resemblance between you 2, but brothers? I guess it makes sense, in a way. But your personalities are the complete opposite of the other."

Kagome nodded fervently to Usagi's statement, eyeing Sesshoumaru with less mistrust, but still. If Usagi could befriend such a youkai, maybe he wasn't as dangerous as everyone thought him to be. InuYasha didn't help from the start to make her hate his brother, putting in her head things like how dangerous and evil he was.

Ignoring Sango and Miroku's warnings, she walked until she was standing in front of the Taiyoukai and bowed. "I don't think we've been properly introduced, Sesshoumaru-sama. My name's Kagome, Kagome Higurashi. It's nice to meet you under different, friendlier circumstance!"

Sesshoumaru looked down at the human miko and, not really knowing what to do, he merely nodded his head a little and walked to the other Lords. "InuYasha, you are coming too." He told his brother, who growled at being ordered around. He complied nonetheless with one last look at Kagome and his group. InuYasha gave a chilling glare at Ginta and Hakkaku that clearly said; "If she has just a scratch on her when I come back, you're dead."

The 2 Ookami youkai gulped and nodded, inching closer to the miko unconsciously. The Lords went back into the tent to continue the plans for the war while the others decided to train or watch the others train, for Shippou.

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"You missed again, Kagome. You're not concentrated enough." Sango said from her place from the ground. She was looking at Kagome who had decided to practice her archery to kill the time but she had some troubles focusing on the target she had drawn on a tree. Her arrows often missed the center and it was crucial that she rectify that mistake if she didn't want to be killed in the battle.

"What's going on, Kagome-san? Do you need to be involved in the middle of a battle to hit your target correctly?" Miroku teased, and was whacked on the head by Sango.

Kagome was becoming frustrated and was about to drop her bow when Usagi put her hands on hers from behind, startling her. "Usagi-chan! You scared me! What are you doing?" The miko asked when Usagi made her lift her hands in position. The blonde girl backed away slightly when she deemed Kagome in the good position to shoot her arrow away on the target.

Believing it was a sign from Usagi to continue, she prepared her arrow and drew the string backwards, only to be stopped by Usagi as she was about to shoot. "WAIT! Kagome, I know speed is a factor when using a bow and arrow but first you have to focus on the target. Shooting away mindlessly hoping you'll hit something is not an option if you want to stay alive."

Kagome nodded slowly while Sango and Miroku just watched the rabbit curiously.

"I know that, Usagi-chan! But I can't seem to be able to hit something unless I'm provoked or if my friends are in danger." The miko said a little frustrated that she couldn't do a simple thing such as hit a big target on a tree.

Usagi sighed and thought of something. "Then imagine that your friends are in danger. Put yourself in that situation, even if it's the contrary. Tell yourself that InuYasha could get hurt if you didn't hit that target on its center. Use an old memory about this happening or a memory of a battle to achieve your goal if necessary."

Kagome became serious at the mention of InuYasha and nodded. The miko from the future closed her eyes tightly, imagining the hanyou in a battle. Her eyes snapped opened and the target in front of her suddenly became a bloodthirsty youkai. She drew the string and let the arrow fly…and it hit right on the center!

Kagome blinked back to reality and did a double-check.

"You did it Kagome-chan! Wonderful!" Sango laughed and hugged Kagome while Miroku chuckled. "Of course she did it! She can do anything when InuYasha is involved!"

Kagome laughed with Sango and the miko hugged Usagi tightly. "Thank you sooo much Usagi-chan! I couldn't have done it without you!" Kagome thanked her again happily and Sango took her hand and pulled at her.

"Come on Kagome-chan! We have to tell InuYasha you can finally hit a target effectively! He'll be so happy to hear this!" When the Taijiya pulled Kagome with her, the miko let go of her bow and arrows and let them fall on the ground. Miroku accompanied them back to the Lords' tent and in their haste they didn't notice Usagi staying behind alone.

A sigh escaped her lips as she took the bow in her hands and fingered it. It was made of plain wood, unlike Rei's fire bow, but Kagome sure could do miracles with it in this world. A sad look escaped her eyes as she thought about the fiery senshi of Mars and she bent down to retrieve an arrow.

"Oh Rei," she whispered so low even a youkai would have some difficulty to hear, "did I do the right thing by showing Kagome the way to fight?"

She let the arrow fly without even concentrating and the arrow hit the other in the middle, cutting Kagome's arrow in half. The force of the blow made the tip of the arrow sink in deep within the tree. She dropped the bow suddenly when some clapping echoed from behind her and she whirled around only to meet Raijuu's bronze eyes.

"Marvelous! You not only possess beauty, but also skill in fighting. You would make a perfect mate." He gave her a lustful gaze and she tensed.

'Not him again! I can't stand him!' Usagi whined mentally, but she remained calm on the outside. At best, her gaze had gotten a little colder but still not life threatening.

"What do you want, Raijuu-sama?" She asked coldly.

He merely smirked and took a step towards her.

"You."

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