InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Acceptance ❯ Reunion ( Chapter 19 )

AN: Woo! Another installment of my great epic! Haha, just kidding. I'll try to make this chapter another long one. Sorry if it took a while!

 

Again, sorry about the major cliffhanger…I try to contain myself…But it was theatrically acceptable, was it not? An unwanted pass of affection…and a mystery viewer! How exciting! ^___^

 

Chapter 19: Reunion

 

“H-Hiten-san…” Kagome was silenced as Hiten's lips descended upon her own, and his tongue flicked across the soft flesh. Kagome tried as hard as she could to push away from him, but in her weakened state it wasn't much of a struggle. Hiten passionately conveyed his feelings for her, and was rewarded when she stopped struggling. She didn't kiss him back, but he could change that later.

 

As the two youkai shared a supposed lovers' embrace in the room, a growl erupted from an external source.

 

“…Kagome…”

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Kagome's heart raced as the handsome Hiten wrapped his strong arms around her, his spicy scent enveloping and mesmerizing her senses. Inhaling, she felt some of her strength returning and tried to push away from the thunder youkai that comforted her unrequitedly. However, Hiten wouldn't budge and she snapped her head up to meet his gaze. His red eyes betrayed all, losing their comforting glow, which was replaced by that of lust.

 

“H-Hiten-san…” Kagome inquired to his strange behavior, and wanted to suggest that they keep scouring the palace before someone saw them. However, she was even more puzzled as she found Hiten kissing her passionately, holding her immobile as he did so. She had the inkling that he would not let her go, but she didn't want this to continue. It wasn't right! She already had a mate…a perfect one at that…and she didn't need this to be nagging at her conscience. Whimpering, she struggled against his strong grip, but to no avail.

 

`Should I use my miko?' Kagome didn't want to hurt him, but his aggressiveness only mounted. She didn't need to struggle any longer as a reverberating growl broke through the embrace.

 

Stunned, Kagome whipped around to find where the growl came from and her eyes settled upon its source. Gasping, tears welled in her eyes as she looked from Hiten to the source of the disembodied voice.

 

“…Kagome…”

 

“Yeah, yeah. Who are you?” Hiten stepped forward and poked the perturbed Sesshomaru in the chest, earning another angry growl. Grabbing him by his neck, Sesshomaru lifted him into the air much to the dismay of Kagome, who yelled at him to put him down. However, these pleas fell upon deaf ears as Sesshomaru flung Hiten across the chamber and crashing into a stone wall.

 

“I, you little bastard, am Sesshomaru, Taiyoukai of the West. And that…” he said, pointing to Kagome, “is my mate that you were just passionately serenading!” He stepped forward, his fists shaking in pure anger and grabbed Kagome by the shoulder.

 

“Sesshomaru! It's not what it looks like!” Kagome tried to wrench herself out of Sesshomaru's iron grip, but was only shaken still by the now terrifying youkai.

 

“SILENCE, WENCH!” His nose twitched as he sensed her tears as well as Hiten's apparent arousal coating her usually pleasant scent. “You have his scent all over you, you traitorous bitch.” His cruelty opened up a dull ache in her heart as she remembered his attitude toward her before they were mates. Would he revert back to his old self, build up the walls around his heart, and become the Ice Prince once again? Kagome shuddered as her “S” shaped scar started to burn as she reminisced.

 

Sobbing, she latched onto his arm and begged him to listen to her as he stalked over to where Hiten stood amongst the rubble of the wall. “Stop! Onegai, Sesshomaru-sama! Stop! It's not his fault!”

 

Sesshomaru looked at her with an angry passion flaring in his honey eyes. They flashed red when he blinked at her and as he thought over her betrayal. Why had she done it? Was she bored of the taiyoukai and courtly life? Then he had judged her wrongly…As the `Kind Lady' or `Gentle Kagome-sama'. That's when his anger broke through his surface and manifested in his horrible true youkai form.

 

With a sickening crack his smacked Kagome across the jaw, unfazed as she screamed out and hit the black marble floor with a dull thud. Her silver hair cascaded around her as if to protect her from any more harm that the insane youkai lord would inflict. Satisfied and panting with his anger, he transformed into his true form and went after the shocked Hiten.

 

“You bastard! She didn't do anything to you!” His eyes flitting over to the motionless form of the gentle miko that had helped him escape. Rolling to the side when the massive youkai's paw came down to crush him, he continued to defend his new found friend…his only friend. Kagome was the only one that showed him compassion, besides his dumb brother Manten. He was a stranger to her, yet she opened her heart to let him in.

 

“Come, baka! Do you smell her arousal? Her excitement?!” Sesshomaru paid him no heed and swiped at him again, however, his words reached the inner recesses of his mind and begged him to reconsider.

 

“Look at her! She's in despair that you would even think so lowly of her! Lady Kagome was being herself…the kind compassionate woman that I'm sure you know of. However, I'm to blame for taking advantage of that.” A blush rose to Hiten's cheeks as he grew ashamed of what he had done. However, a triumphant smirk graced his masculine features as Sesshomaru reverted to his humanoid formed and stalked to the trembling form of Kagome.

 

Brushing the silvery hair away from her face, Sesshomaru admired her beauty, even if it was marred by puffy and red eyes and tear stains. He noticed that she had cried over his stupidity, cried over his misjudgment of her flawless loyalty. How could he do this? He thought as he fingered the ugly yellow bruise that formed on the left side of her face. His clawed finger traced the discolored flesh from her cheekbone to her jaw, and he bent down to kiss it gently.

 

“Koi…” He shook her lightly out of her daze as her glazed eyes looked onward with solemn hollowness. “Kagome…” Her eyes barely looked in his direction before being enclosed by her eyelids as she shook with renewed sobs. “G…Gomen, koibito. Gomen nasai. For my stupidity and jealousy.”

 

With a gasp of surprise, Kagome looked back up to her mate and gave a weak smile before he took her into his arms, lightly rocking her as she dug into the crook of his neck. She had begun crying again, this time out of relief for his realization of his wrong. Sesshomaru whispered into her ear lightly, trying to soothe the pains that had caused her to doubt their relationship.

 

“I have wronged you greatly…please forgive me.” Sesshomaru could not believe the words that came pouring out of his mouth as he continued to comfort his mate, purring softly as she calmed down and allowed him to stroke her hair.

 

“Hai.” She laughed softly. “I forgive you, baka.” Relieved that his mate still held such love for him after his love faltered unjustly, Sesshomaru took Kagome into his arms and held her before pulling back and passionately kissing her. Kagome whimpered as Sesshomaru was the most gentle as he had ever been with her, sucking her bottom lip into his mouth and lightly teasing it with his tongue. He pulled away as he had other business concerning the thunder youkai that dared to touch what was his.

 

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Hideki walked down to the dungeon where his sweet little prize would lay cowering in fear of him. The Lady of the Western Lands was rumored to be a beautiful maiden, even when she was a lowly ningen, and his assassin Yaru had confirmed this widespread gossip that had reached the ears of the Southern Lord. After dismissing the eager panther that wished to check up on the miko, he decided that he would introduce himself as her new master and mate. Although she had been human, he had gone to war to piss the Western Lord off, and take his mate as well. The Southern and Western lands had many tiffs with each other over the years that were based upon conflicts that ran deep within each others bloodlines. Hideki only wished to deliver the final blow to the inuyoukais of the Western Land by taking one of their own…Kagome.

 

Chuckling, he absentmindedly ran his fingers through his hair before flipping it over his shoulder. Pausing at the door that led to the dungeons, he adjusted his armor and put on a trademark smirk before pushing open the heavy wooden door. “Tsk Tsk, Lady Kag—WHAT THE FUCK!?”

 

“OI, YARU, YOU'D BETTER GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE!” The irate Southern Lord stalked out of the dungeon door and through the many winding tunnels that led him to his personal chambers. Intrigued, he smelled an unfamiliar scent, not that he wasn't enjoying it though. Raising an inquiring eyebrow, he veered off his course and took a left at another corridor that looked like the rest of the hallways in the many catacombs that made up his palace. He wondered who this scent came from, and how they got so far.

 

Hearing voices, he hid behind a column and instantly recognized the arrogant youkai lord of the West, Sesshomaru, as well as the traitorous thunder youkai that was supposed to be executed tomorrow morning. Scoffing, he saw the lovers embrace each other in a touching display of affection before Sesshomaru made his way over to Hiten. `Hm…maybe he'll do my dirty work and get rid of the compassionate scum.'

 

While Sesshomaru was occupied, well, rather lecturing the thunder demon on not to touch what is his, Hideki scuttled over to the distressed miko that watched with worried eyes. He almost giggled at her innocence…how he would love to taint it. She may not be pure anymore, thanks to the Western Lord, but he could take away any purity that she had left as a miko. Smirking, he snaked one arm around her waist and one hand up to silence her before she could scream for her mate. Smelling her fear, he whispered almost incoherently into her ear.

 

“Soon, you will be mine…my little miko.”

 

Sensing his mate's distress, Sesshomaru whirled around after he had reached an understanding with one of his mate's suitors. Shock ensared his every being as he saw his mortal enemy fingering his mate, and her frightened blue eyes captivating his. He saw as she mouthed his name, then whimpered as he drew his claw along Sesshomaru's mating mark.

 

“Ah…so we finally cross paths…Sesshomaru of the inuyoukais.” Hideki laughed jovially and rose to his feet, taking Kagome with him. “You know…for my ultimate enemy…you do have good taste.” He paused as he flicked his tongue over the faint puncture wounds in Kagome's neck, and waited for Sesshomaru to react to him touching something so sacred.

 

“You scum…I shall kill you for daring to take my mate.”

 

“Hm…do you think that she…wanted to be away from you?” Hideki smiled sinisterly.

 

Kagome made to jump out of his arms and protest this statement, but Hideki's hand was held fast to her mouth.

 

Growling, Sesshomaru only egged Hideki on. “You speak lies, ingrate!”

 

“Oh but I don't. It seems that you don't know much about your little miko here. When she was captured by my top assassin, she was begging to be pleased by his hand…claiming that she didn't get enough satisfaction from you.” He laughed as the little miko he had trapped in his arms struggled against him, her eyebrows furrowing together as she tried to communicate to her mate.

 

“You lie!” Sesshomaru made to lunge at the infuriating Southern Lord, but was held back as he had his claws poised to injure Kagome.

 

“Ah…has the Ice Prince found someone to melt his heart? How touching.” Hideki drew a line of blood along Kagome's cheek, and lapped up the drops that cascaded down to her jaw, smiling with satisfaction as she shivered and tried to get away from him.

 

“Don't fucking touch her, bastard! We disposed of your assassin when we escaped from your dungeon. And don't try to whittle your way out of that one either.” Hiten defended Kagome, and then pointed to the ashes of the once great assassin, Yaru.

Sesshomaru raised his eyebrows. `Kagome did this…? Destroyed the great Yaru? Hm…I'll have to treat her later.' Whisking his head back to his mate, Sesshomaru readied his claws and made eye contact with Kagome, trying to communicate to her.

 

`Oi…Kagome. Answer me.'

 

`N-nani?! Why couldn't we do this before?' Kagome's mind answered Sesshomaru's as they continued the conversation through their mating bond.

 

`This little after-effect of mating is only applicable when one of the partners is in danger, that partner being you. Your aura can sense Hideki's trying to permeate our mating bond with one of his own.'

 

At this, Kagome gasped. Hideki was trying to overpower Sesshomaru's aura that was left imprinted upon her from their mating! A worried expression sprang to her countenance as she looked at Sesshomaru fearfully. She would not be mated to this scum.

 

`Hai hai, Kagome. I feel the same way. This is why I need your cooperation. I would have lunged and ripped his throat out long ago if you weren't there, but I don't want to risk injuring you.' Sesshomaru's calm voice reached Kagome's inner voice, sharing its tranquility with the ailing miko.

 

`I understand. What do I need to do?'

 

Sesshomaru proceeded to let Kagome in on his plan to destroy Hideki for his insolence. First, Kagome would render Hideki immobile and helpless with her miko powers by tapping into and purifying fractions of his youkai energy that he tried to force upon her. Secondly, when he was unable to defend himself, Kagome would wrench herself free of his grasp, get to safety, and allow Sesshomaru to destroy him. If Hideki were to recover, Hiten could also step in to take Kagome to a safer location. With this plan, Sesshomaru nodded to Kagome and watched as his little mate concentrated on channeling her miko into the vile Southern Lord.

 

“Oi, bitch, what are you doing?!” Hideki raised his hand as if to smack Kagome, but in the blink of an eye he had been completely paralyzed, Kagome was freed by Hiten, and now Sesshomaru was running at him full speed, claws ready. However, Hideki also had a few tricks up his sleeve and quickly overcame the small spell of paralysis, and drew his blade.

 

Sesshomaru was caught off-guard when Hideki recovered so quickly, but moved to the side with ease before he would be fatally cut down by his blade. With a `hmph' he drew Toujikin and pushed Hideki back from his person. “Impressive, but it will not get you a victory against this Sesshomaru.” Faster than the blink of an eye, Sesshomaru held his blade up to the Southern Lord's neck and had begun to draw blood.

 

“Okay! You win…” Hideki slumped in defeat. As if on cue, Kagome's sweet voice rang out.

 

“Sesshomaru! Don't kill him!”

 

Sighing, Sesshomaru lowered his blade and kicked Hideki in the face instead. Walking away, he was stopped as Hideki struck his blade right through Sesshomaru's chest and out the other side, slamming into his armor.

 

“Pft, how typical of the Sweet Kagome! However, it has cost you this battle, Lord Sesshomaru.” He emphasized every word as he twisted his blade around in Sesshomaru's chest.

 

Kagome's eyes widened as she saw blood spurt from the wound hidden under Sesshomaru's armor. “S-SESSHOMARU!” Tears leaked from her eyes and sobs erupted from her throat as things started to move in slow motion. Hiten had already moved to take Kagome away from the scene and to safety, but she fought and raged against his hold as miko energy cackled around her in angry waves.

 

“That was your last mistake, Lord Hideki.” Kagome's two toned, eerie voice rose above the ruckus once again as it had during the battle with Naraku. Sesshomaru's eyes widened as he gazed at his mate, her silver hair billowing around her and her outer haori lifting up with an eerie wind. She looked deadly…but angelic at that same time.

 

Pushing her hands out in front of her, Kagome was rewarded by Hideki's scream of terror and pain as he tried to get away from Sesshomaru and his powerful mate. However, he was held in place by Kagome's subduing abilities, and painfully singed until he was unrecognizable by any means. Kagome thought that this torture had become monotonous and proceeded to swirl her miko energy around him until he was nothing of material existence.

 

When the ethereal blue glow had receded from the antechamber, all eyes were on the skeleton that was all that remained of the arrogant and utterly evil Southern Lord that had tried to destroy their lives. With triumphant looks all around, top priority became escape from the palace as well as Sesshomaru's safety.

 

 

Whooooa! Another semi-long chapter. I don't think it's as long as the last one though.

 

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