InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ A Flame in the Dark ❯ The blissful walk and truths reviled ( Chapter 5 )

Okay. I got nuttin' to say.

Disclaimer: So…can I keep him? ^_^. … N-no?! All right. I don't own Inuyasha. T_T

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Kirara had to stay with the ladies and their children. All the lords, even the lesser lords, were in a meeting about the murder. Kjell handed Kirara some tea. She bowed and took a little sip. She hadn't eaten or talked all morning. She also refused lunch. The tea currently in her hands was what she had all day. Kjell was worried.

"Kirara? Do you want to talk about it?" he pried.

Kirara shook her head slowly still refusing to talk. Kjell sighed. `I don't understand. I helped create corpses like that, I witnessed Sango's village slaughtered, I've seen the carnage that Naraku caused, so why can't I deal with this? Is it because it was in my nightmare first? No. Things like that shouldn't do this to me. So why this? Why now?' she thought. She jumped when someone touched her shoulder. She looked back into the eyes of Kyra. She smiled at Kirara. Kirara looked away. Normally, before her heat stage, she would've been comforted by anyone, neko, human, even her beloved mistress's hentai houshi. But now, all she wanted was her inu hanyou or inu taiyoukai to be next to her. The two she felt the closest too. She believed it had to do with the fact that they took her innocence but she didn't really care. It was their presence that soothed her. And neither were near her right now. Kjell stood and offered a hand to Kirara. She stared at it a moment before looking up to his eyes.

"I think you need to get out. Please, accompany me on a walk," Kjell said.

Kirara sat down her tea and took his hand. Kjell smiled and linked his arm with hers when she stood. Kjell led her outside the castle walls and away from the scent of blood. The servants had tried to take the smell away but to no avail.

"Are you sure you don't want to talk about what happened?" Kjell asked.

Kirara sighed. Kjell looked away when, after several moments, she didn't answer.

"How can I talk about it," she said catching his attention, "When I can't understand it?"

"Understand what?" Kjell prodded.

"My feelings towards this…murder. I've killed many demons much in the way I have just seen, I've seen my mistress's village slaughtered, I've seen the carnage of a truly evil being who enjoys playing with people…and yet…this whole ordeal has taken so much out of me emotionally. I can't understand why, when I've seen so much like it and worse over the years," Kirara said.

Kjell sensing her distress decided to take her mind off it, "Mistress?"

Kirara looked at him, "What?"

"You said your `mistress's village'. You have a mistress?" Kjell asked.

"Hai. I yield from the taijya village near the caves of Midoriko-sama. They were the first protectors of the Shikon no Tama. They were slaughtered by a band of demons in search of a shard of the Jewel. My mistress had left me at the village and she had gone on a hunt. I found out that it was a trap. She was nearly killed but she had lost her younger brother and father in the fight. So I'm not exactly a wild fire neko," Kirara said.

Kjell smiled, "You sure do have some wild tenancies in you."

"How so?" Kirara asked.

"In light of what's happened I'll try to refrain from frowning upon you. But the next time you have a night of crazed mating with Sesshomaru-sama, try to take a bath before you leave your chambers. Everyone can smell it," he said with a smirk.

Kirara blushed, "I see. I'm not use to this whole thing. Mating, clothes, especially the clothes. Who invented these horrid things anyway?" Kirara asked plucking her `sheet'.

"I believe humans when they got some brains and realized they were naked. At the time demons ran wild in their true forms," Kjell said.

"I see," Kirara said.

"If you don't mind my asking, what's with you and Sesshomaru-sama. You've mated and yet I don't see his mark upon you," Kjell asked.

"Oh…My first heat stage was a month ago. I had the unfortunate pleasure, to attract the evil being I had previously spoken of. Sesshomaru and another friend of mine reasoned that it would be less hectic if they took my innocence to keep the other demons away. Not a life's mate, just a small…tryst, if you will," Kirara said.

"I see. And yet he's possessive towards you and must I mention the `tryst' you had last night again?" Kjell said.

"Possessiveness I'm afraid runs in his family. I know a distant relative of his that is the exact same way. It doesn't matter who or what, if he feels he has right to it he will be possessive. As of our `tryst' last night. I think a caused his possessiveness to surge and hence his arousal with my kimono and over attention I was getting yesterday," Kirara said.

"Kimono, the black version of this? It looks like a sheet to me," Kjell said.

"Sesshomaru said the same thing last night. I'm afraid that is my more basic instincts. I prefer my true form to this one because I have a great distaste for clothes. When I first transformed into this it was in front of Sesshomaru. He had to send his servant to get me clothes in the next village while I slept in his lap wrapped in his boa. I tired getting away from him in the morning not caring if I had clothes or not. I wasn't fond of what that little toad chose either. If you think this is bad you should've seen what I had been wearing," Kirara said.

The two stopped seeing they had circled the area and returned to the entrance. Sesshomaru stood there glaring at Kjell. He held out his hand for Kirara. She took it and was mercilessly pulled into his chest. He gave a feral growl.

"Sesshomaru-sama, I was merely walking Kirara around," Kjell said.

"Do not waste my time with lies. Out of respect for your father I will let you off with a warning. To which I rarely give. You will do well to stay away from what belongs to this, Sesshomaru," Sesshomaru growled out.

Kjell bristled, "She does not bare your mark. She therefore is free for the taking. And my courting," Kjell said.

Bad move. Kirara felt Sesshomaru move forward, still holding on her with one arm, and gripped Kjell's neck with his other hand suspending the neko in air. Kirara gasped and took hold of Sesshomaru's arm that held Kjell. He tried pulling her away, causing her feet to be lifted off the ground and her to lean on his arm. Kirara pulled.

"Sesshomaru! You're hurting him!" she said.

"Really? I was trying to kill him," Sesshomaru said and increased his pressure.

Kjell thought for sure he was going to die. All because, in his stupidity, he challenged Sesshomaru for Kirara. When she most likely didn't feel the same way about him. He felt a surge of warmth suddenly and found himself on his back, looking at the sky, and panting. He sat up and looked over at Sesshomaru. He too lay sprawled on the grass. Kirara straddled his waist. She was panting too but Sesshomaru was growling.

"Calm down!" Kirara said.

"Bitch! Had I known you harbored feelings for the kitten I would've left you be!" Sesshomaru yelled.

Everyone had gathered outside to watch this exchange.

"First off, I'm a neko! If you want to call someone a bitch call yourself it!" Kirara said.

Sesshomaru growled and tried to throw her off him but much to his surprise Kirara pinned down his arms.

"I'm not done," she said, "Secondly, yes I have feelings for Kjell but not as you assumed. He's a friend. Thirdly, Kjell's right. You have not marked me as your own therefore you shouldn't try to kill anyone over it. It doesn't just hurt them. It hurts me too."

Sesshomaru paused and looked at her wide-eyed.

"What?" he asked.

"When someone I grow close to is harmed I feel it as if it were my own pain. Not just sympathy feeling, I become the one in pain," Kirara said, "By killing Kjell you were killing me. And if you were harmed as well I'd feel it."

Everyone stared at her in disbelief.

"How?" Sesshomaru asked.

"Remember what Miroku said a month ago when I protected us all from Naraku's miasma? He said my powers revolved around the protection of living things. That is partly true but partly wrong. It's also my own self-preservation taking over. If you all died in that field that day with me. I would not have died once but six times. That's how my powers work," Kirara said softly, "So please. Try not to harm him?" she begged.

She released Sesshomaru's arms and he sat up. Kjell stood and bowed to Sesshomaru and Kirara before walking inside. Everyone lingered a moment before heading inside. Kirara sighed. She `eeped' when Sesshomaru picked her and himself up in one swift motion. He carried her bridal style into their chambers. He placed her in the covers before joining her. Luckily he had yet to find time to adorn his armor so that was a plus. But he also didn't have his boa. That's something Kirara wished he did have.

"Why?" Kirara whispered, "I know it's not from lack of sleep."

"This day has been hellish. I need calmness and peacefulness. Sleep. I feel most calm when you sleep in my arms," he said.

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Okay. I might place one last chapter today. I don't know…hmm…okay! I'll do it! Reviews are greatly welcomed.