InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Blood & Trust ❯ Getting To Know You ( Chapter 2 )

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A/N: Did I mention that Sesshomaru is a bit OOC

Blood and Trust

Chapter I: Pairing Up

"I do not need a partner!"

"Yes you do!"

"When have I ever shown you that I was incapable of handling missions on my own?"

"Sesshomaru you are the best we've got need we need your expertise in every field but not every mission is a one man job!"

"Whoever you give me will just slow me down!"

"No they won't!"

". . ."

"Well not if you train them!"

"You intend to pair me with a rookie?!"

"No! Not exactly . . . sort of . . . yes! Yes damnit!"

"Bullshit!"

"What do you expect? Everyone else knows you well enough to steer clear! If you take a rookie and mold him you'll have the best sidekick ever!"

" . . . No."

"Aw come on! Look! What's the worst that could happen? You're assigned a partner, you train him, he slows you down on you missions, the generals get pissed and send you both on a suicide operation only you come back and you're never assigned another asshole again!" Miroku looked at his friend with pleading eyes praying that just this once, they worked.

". . . Your negotiating skills are less than impressive."

"Aw come on Sesshomaru! Help me out here!"

"Why should I?"

"Because they said they'll terminate you since their tired of your continued insolence."

"Then let them! I'm tired being their bloody lapdog."

"Sessho. . ."

"No."

"Can't you just . . ."

"NO! Why are you pushing this?!"

"What makes you think . . ." a harsh look from his long time golden eyed friend told Miroku he should stop his foolish games. ". . . The generals found out about Sango and I."

"Miroku you asshole! How'd you get yourself caught?"

"I don't know what happened. Point is they threatened to terminate Sango since she's considered to be more . . . expendable unless . . ."

"Unless you get me to be more cooperative."

"So what do ya say? Take on some asshole to save my woman and you friend?"

"You're pathetic."

"Only in your presence."

Sesshomaru fought against a snarl at his friend's exaggerated grin. Switching back to their professional mode, which meant respect due to rank, the two men left the private room to return to the general meeting. "Have you come to a decision yet Kugin?" One of the generals asked after the two men entered the room and had a seat."

"I have sir."

"And what would that decision be?"

"I've decided to take a partner."

"Very good. I'm glad to see you're finally getting into the swing of things around here Sesshomaru."

"Higouru Miroku can be very persuasive."

"So it seems. He certainly was able to accomplish what no one else could. You and Miroku are to go and choose a suitable partner. The new arrivals are already here and you Sesshomaru, have first pick. You're dismissed."

Sesshomaru and Miroku filed out of the conference room in silence until they turned the corner. "Sesshomaru I . . ."

"Not - one - word."

"You're a good friend buddy."

"Damn bitch! She bit me!" The big brute of a guard that was sent in to restrain the unruly female faltered as she hissed menacingly at him. "Where did they find this nutcase? She's more like an animal than anything else!" As if responding, the female growled viciously. "Why did the organization even consider her? I say we get rid of her."

"Moten we called you in here to subdue her not terminate her! Are you saying you can't handle one filthy and apparently primal bitch?"

"I can handle anybody woman!"

"Then go ahead big man. Handle her." With his manly pride to defend, Moten picked up his electric staff and charged the uncouth female before him.

"I'll show you! YOU BITCH!!"

"Hey Souten."

"Miroku hi! How's it going?"

"Fine. This one of the new arrivals?"

"Yeah. A real fiend too. Moten's thinking of killing her off."

"So Moten can't handle her huh?"

"What's her name?" Souten wearily eyed Sesshomaru pissed that her attempt to ignore him failed. She simply couldn't understand how these two men could be best friends since they couldn't be more different.

Miroku, who stood at 5' 7", was good humored and easy to talk to. Although he was a well trained and undoubtedly cold-blooded assassin, Higouru Miroku was a warm and caring person. Every female loved him and his wondering hands.

Sesshomaru, on the other hand, was as cold-blooded as they came both on and off field. Wearing a continuous mask of indifference on a face that seldom utters a voluntarily word, Sesshomaru mentally and physically slaughter all that oppose him . . . not caring if they were friend or foe.

When it came down to the raw facts, the only thing the two men had in common was their stunning good looks. In addition to Miroku's charm, was his pretty boy face and dark fiery violet eyes made just for the ladies. Miroku had a lean built and was blessed with a heart melting smile. His rich black hair which was a bit spiked was just long enough for him to heedlessly run his fingers trough. This enchanting practice was perhaps the only attractive habit which he was not aware of.

Sesshomaru's beauty was not unlike his personality. Like an ice sculpture, chiseled to perfection, most glorious shimmering in the beams of the sun, strongest in the dead frost of night and to the touch . . . so cold that it burnt.

Contradictions, that was Sesshomaru's beauty. The wavy hair that hung just below his chin was like fresh snow on an untamed hillside with shadows of silver every now and then. Contradiction number one however is revealed when the ice cold likeness of his mane is compared to the warm tan and earthy color of his skin. Sesshomaru was not intensely bronze but he was instead more sun-kissed than anything else. In spite of the warm welcoming glow of his skin, our specimen's body was strong, rigid and clearly impervious.

To make a mockery of his unapproachable manner and every female he came in contact with, his deep, rich, miserable excuse for a voice and perfect example of a sirens spell lured in unsuspecting victims for serious disappointment.

In a face of pure apathy was his final and most puzzling contradiction . . . his eyes . . . his beautiful golden replicas of the wild and passionate sun were truly cold and filled with an intensity that so far none could withstand. So, with a warm colored but ice cold gaze, Sesshomaru would burn through to your soul and freeze your very being. "Woman!"

Snapped out of her daze by the stunning but obviously irritated voice of a mother's best produce, Souten visibly stiffened and turned back to Miroku's less threatening mannerisms. "I'm sorry, what was that?"

"I asked you the wench's name."

Souten turned anxiously to her computer screen and pathetically mumbled four words. "Kagome. Her name's Kagome."

Miroku frowned at the effect his dear friend had on people and leaned over to somewhat soothe the shaken woman. "Kagome huh, that's pretty . . . but not nearly as pretty as the woman before me." Souten visibly relaxed and even blushed a little. "Does she have a surname lovely?"

"Yeah sure, it's Higurashi."

"Thanks doll. By the way . . ." he said while leaning over some more. "Don't mind old frostballs over here, he's just pissed he has to take a partner." Satisfied with the girl's slight smile, Miroku walked back to his friend with a scolding glare.

"She really is a fiend." Sesshomaru said absently completely ignoring his friend's reprimanding look.

Miroku sighed and watched as the girl somehow got a hold of Moten's shock staff and began to jab him with it. "She's not that bad."

Sesshomaru shot Miroku an evil side glance "She's positively rabid."

Miroku watched as Moten held her as she almost bit off his ear. "That's a good thing. There's no way the generals would want to keep her. I'll be surprised if you even manage to make her somewhat presentable."

"Nothing is impossible for me. Just improbable."

The girl managed to get on top of a quivering Moten and began biting off pieces of his skin. "Either which way the generals would want her dead in to weeks time."

"She's primitive, unruly, and undeniably foul."

The girl had started to scratch madly at her offender's skin in addition to the gory practice of biting off chunks of it. "This makes her . . ."

"Perfect." In no time Sesshomaru was behind the observation glass with pistol in hand. "Wench!"

Kagome looked up from behind the veil of hair that hid her face, noticed the gun and ran to wrestle her new enemy. She, however, did not get far when she heard four loud shots followed by a piercing, burning sensation in her legs and arms. "I have no desire to waste precious energy on you. If you insist on giving me trouble I will make you life a living hell . . . that I promise you." The metallic sent of blood filled both their nostrils to have a strange side affect on the two. Where Sesshomaru took in deep breaths of air, Kagome's vision became blurry, her stomach churned and her body became weak. "The paramedics will come soon to aid you. I trust they will have no problem with you. After, you will be given a choice of clothing which will be the only style in your wardrobe for a while so choose well . . . by the way, those who assist you in wardrobe will have no problems either."

Kagome watched with a darkening vision as the tall man turned to leave and with grinding blood stained teeth grumbled three words . . . "That fucker's dead."

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