InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Falling in Love With Darkness ❯ Part 2 ( Chapter 2 )

Falling in Love with Darkness; P-2

Hello again! Sorry it took so long for me to update… school has been seriously swamping me! That and parents… @_@ Well anyways… here you go!

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After explaining everything- that is everything minus the whole Ai Keppan deal- they all just sat there, stunned. Inu Yasha jumped up and shook her hand, smirking.

"Welcome to the world of the shunned and hated… the world of the hanyou," he said, the bitterness clear in his voice. "Everybody is going to hate you… humans, demons- it doesn't matter, they'll all hate you. They'll probably try to kill you every chance they get."

Everybody stared at him, pity clear on their face. Except Leila. Her eyes shone with determination and she tilted her chin up at him. "Let them try," she said, grinning. Inu Yasha grinned back.

"I like her attitude," he said, returning to her spot next to Kagome.

"You would…" was all Kagome said.

"Do you know what you are going to choose?" Miroku asked.

Leila shook her head. "Being a demon would be cool, but I don't really like my demon form…… too butch. But being human is so disadvantageous! I don't know..." Leila said, the demoness' words echoing in her head… 'Ai Keppan… I wonder-' she thought. "Sesshomaru, can I talk to you in private?"

Sesshomaru followed her obediently into a separate room. She shut and locked the door behind him and he blinked in bewilderment. What was Leila going to do? He felt very strange, sitting in a locked room with Leila. 'I can only imagine what my brother is thinking…' he thought.

Leila was trying very hard not to blush. How did one ask a powerful and feared demon if he knew about a ritual that was called Love's seal of blood? She inhaled deeply and turned to face him.

"Do you know anything about Ai Keppan?" she asked, sighing in relief.

Sesshomaru simply stood there, sure that he hadn't heard correctly. However, when he saw her standing there, looking at him expectantly, he knew he had. "Why do you want to know?" he asked suspiciously.

"Just answer the question!" she said, exasperated.

"Not until you answer mine," he said, shooting her a sly grin.

"I'll answer yours after you answer mine. That would be the logical thing to do, considering I asked first." Leila said, matter-of-factly.

Sesshomaru sighed, beaten. "Ai Keppan is a ritual performed when male demons wish to mate with a female human. It is performed during the mating- session- and causes the female to gain all of the powers of the male and bear full demon children, but keep her human form and mind. Now my question..."

"Um.... actually...." Leila blushed.

Sesshomaru was absolutely puzzled. Why was she blushing? "Are you going to answer?"

"The fox demon told me to ask you about it my dream," she said smugly.

"Really?" he asked.

"Yes, really."Leila glared at him, daring him to challenge her answer.

"Alright. Fine, have it your way." Sesshomaru said, exiting the room.

Leila followed him out. "I've made my decision. I am going to stay human. I have made another decision... I'm leaving."

TBC