InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Child Birth Complications ❯ Fighting Those Who Rob and Plunder ( Chapter 36 )
[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]
By: landofthekwt 
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama | Type: Divergence | Uploaded On: 07.20.2009 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.9K | Visits: 245 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama | Type: Divergence | Uploaded On: 07.20.2009 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.9K | Visits: 245 | Status: Work In Progress
Title: Fighting Those Who Rob and Plunder
Author: landofthekwt
Rating: PG-13
Prompt: Plunder (Dokuga One Shot Contest #22)
Genfic
CU
Word Count: 1757
Warning: None
Summary: Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha, and Kagome all consider who it is they have to protect
Sesshoumaru gazed down on the burning village. Smouldering ruins stood where once a thriving
village had stood. He reached out with his senses to try to locate those whom he protected. Rin
was with the old miko, the fox, wounded humans and several children in the hut at the bottom of
the stairs. He located Kagome and Inuyasha standing in the center of the village. When he
arrived, he found the corpses of brigands with their horses and villagers strewn around the
compound freshly dead.
Kagome stood in her miko robes bow and arrow ready with an expression he had seen only when
she had killed Naraku. His brother had his back to her and his eyes were tinged with crimson.
The battle appeared to have ended recently. While he killed humans without a second thought, he
knew that Kagome had never taken a human life in all of the time that he had known here. It was
her influence and that of Tessaiga which had convinced Inuyasha that he should protect humans
and Kagome in particular with Tessaiga. As far as he knew Inuyasha had not killed a human
since Kagome arrived.
He alighted in front of the pair just in time to see Kagome collapse. Inuyasha caught her in his
arms. As Sesshoumaru stepped toward them, Inuyasha began to growl at him.
":Little brother, stand down. I am not the enemy here. I would never harm Kagome. Let us take
her to the old miko for healing."
Inuyasha stared down at Kagome and hesitated. Then he leaped over Sesshoumaru's head toward
the hut. When he arrived, he found the women already busily aiding the wounded. The bodies
were on pallets from one end of the building to the other. There was no more room for Kagome..
He looked at Rin and Kaede. What should he do with her? She was still not conscious.
Sesshoumaru entered the small enclosed space. His nose was assaulted by the smell of the
wounded human bodies. The blood and gore almost overwhelmed him. Who knew what it would
do to Inuyasha? He stared at his mate in Inuyasha's arms. She was his to protect. The half-breed
had failed and it had come to this.
" Give her to me. I will take her to the Western Shiro. They will make sure that she has real care
there not the obscure chanting of some backwoods shaman."
Inuyasha looked at Kaede. She shook her head. They were already overwhelmed as it was.
Arguing with Sesshoumaru would just make things worse. Gently, he placed her in
Sesshoumaru's arms. He kissed her lightly on the cheeks. Her eyes opened for a moment.
" Where is Kibou? I want my baby. Where is she?"
Rin walked over and laid the sleeping infant in her arms. Sesshoumaru wrapped mokomoko-
sama around them both and prepared to depart. Inuyasha looked forlorn. Kagome smiled and
held Kibou up for him to kiss.
" Don't worry about us. We will be fine. They need you here now. Someone will have to rebuild
the houses before winter. You are only one who can haul the logs down from the forest. Workers
will have to be hired to build the house. The storehouse was burned. You will have to the Houjou
and see if you can buy some from them."
She handed him a purse. He gasped at the amount of money in the purse. It seemed that being
Sesshoumaru's mate did have some advantages. She stroked his cheek as he held her hand.
Finally, she nodded to Sesshoumaru and the three of them were gone in flash leaving the stunned
occupants of the hut in their wake.
Inuyasha headed up the hill into his forest. Knocking down trees could serve as outlet for his
anger and frustration. Every since he had met, she had admonished him not to harm humans.
When he had claimed Tessaiga, he learned that he could only bring the sword to life if he
promised to protect her. When he had killed the bandits as his youkai blood took hold. he had felt
remorse after he returned to his hanyou state
Totosai had told Kagome that he was only allowed to carry Tessaiga while he protected humans.
He gazed at his claws. They were still covered with the blood of the bandits. It did hurt even
though he knew that it was necessary to kill them to save the lives of the villagers.
Once he had been a person who cared only about himself. Now he had a mate and child to
protect. Add the villagers and every human that Kagome and Miroku thought he needed to
protect it became a heavy burden. Why did he have to carry the burden of protecting humans?
Kagome could have told him in an instant. He should protect them because he could protect them
and because it was the right thing to do. When they had been on the quest Kagome and Miroku
had always teased him that despite his complaining he continually came to the defense of humans
in need.
Naraku had done him a favor by throwing demons at him to kill. Neither he, Kagome nor
Tessaiga had ever had any qualms about killing demons. It was only at Mt. Haukerei that he
hesitated. He had not been able to kill any of the Band of Seven even though he had several of
them at his mercy. Something had stayed his hand.
Today had been different. The bandits had been able to sneak into town while everyone was
celebrating the harvest festival. They had all been caught off guard. Even he had been surprised.
At the end he and Kagome had fought them off by themselves. It bothered him that he had been
forced to kill them.
He wondered how Kagome would react. She had never killed another human being. Would she
be willing to return to a place where such things could threaten her and her children? Would she
be willing to return to a place where she was required to kill other human beings in order to
protect those he loved? ?
Sesshoumaru watched over her as she slept at the Western Shiro. What was she thinking? She
had not fought a serious battle in nearly seven years. While he did acknowledge that she had once
finished off Naraku by piercing the Jewel with her arrow, it was only after Naraku had been
weakened by Bakusaiga.
What was Inuyasha thinking risking his mate in such a manner? How could he allow her to that
village if she was going to behave in such a manner. Did she not understand that her place was by
his side, raising his children? . He would not allow her to risk her life in such a manner. What if
she had been killed? He would have been left to raise Ouji by himself. It was simply intolerable.
All for a group of humans. Humans who probably despised her because she was mated to a
hanyou and a daiyoukai. He remembered how humans had treated Izayoi and Inuyasha. They had
been harassed from village to village. Eventually Izayoi had died of their treatment and Inuyasha
had been forced to survive on her own. .
Although he had actually seen overt prejudice toward Inuyasha, Kagome, Ouji or Kibou, he knew
what humans were capable of. So long as he or Inuyasha was around they probably withheld
their approbation out of fear of reprisal. If Inuyasha were to die, she would be left to raise a
youkai child in a sea of humanity.
Slowing she awakened. He seemed troubled. What could he be thinking? Finally, he spoke.
" What were you thinking? Why would you risk yourself for a group of humans who are not
worthy to lick your boots? Where would Ouji or I be if you had died? Mother would no doubt try
to move and take over his upbringing. If you are going to behave in this manner, I will not allow
you to go back to that village. I assumed that Inuyasha would protect you. Instead, I find you
fighting back to back with him. It is intolerable."
Kagome stared at him groggily. In some ways she was touched. He was obviously concerned
about her well being. But his protectiveness reminded her of Inuyasha on his worst days when he
tried to prevent from living in the Sengoku Jidai so that she would not be hurt. She had not
allowed Inuyasha to interfere with what she wanted to do and she certainly was not going to
allow Sesshoumaru to do so either.
"Thank you. I appreciate what you are trying to do, but I cannot allow it. If I have the ability to
protect someone, then I will do it. I cannot turn a blind eye to bandits raping and pillaging
innocent villagers when I can stop them. You are asking me to go against my very nature. These
are people I have known since I came to this era eight years ago. I will not simply allow them to
die."
" These are humans who all died five hundred years before you were born. You cannot protect
them from every evil in the world. You are too important to Ouji and me to allow you to continue
to behave in this manner. If Inuyasha cannot protect you by himself in this village from mere
humans, I cannot allow you to go back there. The lives of these humans mean nothing to me. It is
only you that I care about."
Kagome thought about what he had said. When she had been fighting to protect the village, she
had not really thought about what would happen if she died. She only thought about saving the
village. It sobered her to think of Sesshoumaru and Ouji and Inuyasha and Kibou widowed and
having to go on without her.
Her own mother had raised herself and Souta, but she had help from Ji-chan. She had been lucky
to have the shrine to go to when her husband died. Would her children be so lucky?
" I cannot promise that I will never act to try to protect humans from harm. I will try not to take
any unnecessary risks to myself or my children. Is that sufficient to alleviate your concern?"
Sesshoumaru could see that she was going to be difficult about this. He was simply going to have
to make it harder for her to hurt herself.
Author: landofthekwt
Rating: PG-13
Prompt: Plunder (Dokuga One Shot Contest #22)
Genfic
CU
Word Count: 1757
Warning: None
Summary: Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha, and Kagome all consider who it is they have to protect
Sesshoumaru gazed down on the burning village. Smouldering ruins stood where once a thriving
village had stood. He reached out with his senses to try to locate those whom he protected. Rin
was with the old miko, the fox, wounded humans and several children in the hut at the bottom of
the stairs. He located Kagome and Inuyasha standing in the center of the village. When he
arrived, he found the corpses of brigands with their horses and villagers strewn around the
compound freshly dead.
Kagome stood in her miko robes bow and arrow ready with an expression he had seen only when
she had killed Naraku. His brother had his back to her and his eyes were tinged with crimson.
The battle appeared to have ended recently. While he killed humans without a second thought, he
knew that Kagome had never taken a human life in all of the time that he had known here. It was
her influence and that of Tessaiga which had convinced Inuyasha that he should protect humans
and Kagome in particular with Tessaiga. As far as he knew Inuyasha had not killed a human
since Kagome arrived.
He alighted in front of the pair just in time to see Kagome collapse. Inuyasha caught her in his
arms. As Sesshoumaru stepped toward them, Inuyasha began to growl at him.
":Little brother, stand down. I am not the enemy here. I would never harm Kagome. Let us take
her to the old miko for healing."
Inuyasha stared down at Kagome and hesitated. Then he leaped over Sesshoumaru's head toward
the hut. When he arrived, he found the women already busily aiding the wounded. The bodies
were on pallets from one end of the building to the other. There was no more room for Kagome..
He looked at Rin and Kaede. What should he do with her? She was still not conscious.
Sesshoumaru entered the small enclosed space. His nose was assaulted by the smell of the
wounded human bodies. The blood and gore almost overwhelmed him. Who knew what it would
do to Inuyasha? He stared at his mate in Inuyasha's arms. She was his to protect. The half-breed
had failed and it had come to this.
" Give her to me. I will take her to the Western Shiro. They will make sure that she has real care
there not the obscure chanting of some backwoods shaman."
Inuyasha looked at Kaede. She shook her head. They were already overwhelmed as it was.
Arguing with Sesshoumaru would just make things worse. Gently, he placed her in
Sesshoumaru's arms. He kissed her lightly on the cheeks. Her eyes opened for a moment.
" Where is Kibou? I want my baby. Where is she?"
Rin walked over and laid the sleeping infant in her arms. Sesshoumaru wrapped mokomoko-
sama around them both and prepared to depart. Inuyasha looked forlorn. Kagome smiled and
held Kibou up for him to kiss.
" Don't worry about us. We will be fine. They need you here now. Someone will have to rebuild
the houses before winter. You are only one who can haul the logs down from the forest. Workers
will have to be hired to build the house. The storehouse was burned. You will have to the Houjou
and see if you can buy some from them."
She handed him a purse. He gasped at the amount of money in the purse. It seemed that being
Sesshoumaru's mate did have some advantages. She stroked his cheek as he held her hand.
Finally, she nodded to Sesshoumaru and the three of them were gone in flash leaving the stunned
occupants of the hut in their wake.
Inuyasha headed up the hill into his forest. Knocking down trees could serve as outlet for his
anger and frustration. Every since he had met, she had admonished him not to harm humans.
When he had claimed Tessaiga, he learned that he could only bring the sword to life if he
promised to protect her. When he had killed the bandits as his youkai blood took hold. he had felt
remorse after he returned to his hanyou state
Totosai had told Kagome that he was only allowed to carry Tessaiga while he protected humans.
He gazed at his claws. They were still covered with the blood of the bandits. It did hurt even
though he knew that it was necessary to kill them to save the lives of the villagers.
Once he had been a person who cared only about himself. Now he had a mate and child to
protect. Add the villagers and every human that Kagome and Miroku thought he needed to
protect it became a heavy burden. Why did he have to carry the burden of protecting humans?
Kagome could have told him in an instant. He should protect them because he could protect them
and because it was the right thing to do. When they had been on the quest Kagome and Miroku
had always teased him that despite his complaining he continually came to the defense of humans
in need.
Naraku had done him a favor by throwing demons at him to kill. Neither he, Kagome nor
Tessaiga had ever had any qualms about killing demons. It was only at Mt. Haukerei that he
hesitated. He had not been able to kill any of the Band of Seven even though he had several of
them at his mercy. Something had stayed his hand.
Today had been different. The bandits had been able to sneak into town while everyone was
celebrating the harvest festival. They had all been caught off guard. Even he had been surprised.
At the end he and Kagome had fought them off by themselves. It bothered him that he had been
forced to kill them.
He wondered how Kagome would react. She had never killed another human being. Would she
be willing to return to a place where such things could threaten her and her children? Would she
be willing to return to a place where she was required to kill other human beings in order to
protect those he loved? ?
Sesshoumaru watched over her as she slept at the Western Shiro. What was she thinking? She
had not fought a serious battle in nearly seven years. While he did acknowledge that she had once
finished off Naraku by piercing the Jewel with her arrow, it was only after Naraku had been
weakened by Bakusaiga.
What was Inuyasha thinking risking his mate in such a manner? How could he allow her to that
village if she was going to behave in such a manner. Did she not understand that her place was by
his side, raising his children? . He would not allow her to risk her life in such a manner. What if
she had been killed? He would have been left to raise Ouji by himself. It was simply intolerable.
All for a group of humans. Humans who probably despised her because she was mated to a
hanyou and a daiyoukai. He remembered how humans had treated Izayoi and Inuyasha. They had
been harassed from village to village. Eventually Izayoi had died of their treatment and Inuyasha
had been forced to survive on her own. .
Although he had actually seen overt prejudice toward Inuyasha, Kagome, Ouji or Kibou, he knew
what humans were capable of. So long as he or Inuyasha was around they probably withheld
their approbation out of fear of reprisal. If Inuyasha were to die, she would be left to raise a
youkai child in a sea of humanity.
Slowing she awakened. He seemed troubled. What could he be thinking? Finally, he spoke.
" What were you thinking? Why would you risk yourself for a group of humans who are not
worthy to lick your boots? Where would Ouji or I be if you had died? Mother would no doubt try
to move and take over his upbringing. If you are going to behave in this manner, I will not allow
you to go back to that village. I assumed that Inuyasha would protect you. Instead, I find you
fighting back to back with him. It is intolerable."
Kagome stared at him groggily. In some ways she was touched. He was obviously concerned
about her well being. But his protectiveness reminded her of Inuyasha on his worst days when he
tried to prevent from living in the Sengoku Jidai so that she would not be hurt. She had not
allowed Inuyasha to interfere with what she wanted to do and she certainly was not going to
allow Sesshoumaru to do so either.
"Thank you. I appreciate what you are trying to do, but I cannot allow it. If I have the ability to
protect someone, then I will do it. I cannot turn a blind eye to bandits raping and pillaging
innocent villagers when I can stop them. You are asking me to go against my very nature. These
are people I have known since I came to this era eight years ago. I will not simply allow them to
die."
" These are humans who all died five hundred years before you were born. You cannot protect
them from every evil in the world. You are too important to Ouji and me to allow you to continue
to behave in this manner. If Inuyasha cannot protect you by himself in this village from mere
humans, I cannot allow you to go back there. The lives of these humans mean nothing to me. It is
only you that I care about."
Kagome thought about what he had said. When she had been fighting to protect the village, she
had not really thought about what would happen if she died. She only thought about saving the
village. It sobered her to think of Sesshoumaru and Ouji and Inuyasha and Kibou widowed and
having to go on without her.
Her own mother had raised herself and Souta, but she had help from Ji-chan. She had been lucky
to have the shrine to go to when her husband died. Would her children be so lucky?
" I cannot promise that I will never act to try to protect humans from harm. I will try not to take
any unnecessary risks to myself or my children. Is that sufficient to alleviate your concern?"
Sesshoumaru could see that she was going to be difficult about this. He was simply going to have
to make it harder for her to hurt herself.