InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Fetch ❯ War... and a Tiny Piece ( Chapter 5 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

Disclaimer: Do I really have to repeat myself? I do not own - and believe me, I cry myself to sleep every night with that knowledge.

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Sesshoumaru stared up into the night sky, content in the knowledge that his little pack, and his miko's pack, were both safe, and lost himself in his thoughts.

He had decided it was time.

Tomorrow, he would be joining up with his baka half-brother's pack. Kagome would be spending as much time with him as she did with her friends. He was going to torture her with his presence - he already knew she desired him - but he was going to turn up the heat.

He intended to back off the actual touching just a bit - he wasn't using the word 'torture' lightly. What he was planning was nothing short of tantric sex...

For the mind.

They'd get to the tantric sex for the body soon enough.

She would never know what hit her, and he wanted it that way. She'd never be able to even look at another male by the time he was done with her - he would own her body and soul - because kami knew, she already owned him that way.

Turnabout is fair play, after all, and everything is fair in love and war.

He planned to use absolutely everything in his conquest of his miko.

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Inuyasha was, once again, in a snit. It seemed like every time he turned around, his damn brother was there, hovering somewhere close. The bastard was hunting his Kagome, and so far, he hadn't had any luck in putting a stop to it.

Just the other day, she'd come back from the well smelling just like that asshole brother he'd been cursed with, and wearing a dazed expression on her face. He'd known exactly what had gone on as soon as he'd gotten close to her, his brother's scent was literally coating her, and it wasn't on top of her clothes, it was on her skin.

He hadn't spoken a word to her since, because he was afraid that if he did, he'd lose himself to his youkai side. He was already fighting it, since the youkai blood also considered Kagome his - and was none too pleased with him at this moment for letting a threat like his brother close to her in the first place.

This crap had to stop - soon.

Or else.

He was abruptly shoved out of his thoughts as the aura of the one being on earth that he despised as much as Naraku began to batter against his, obviously coming straight for them, and stomping forward to where Kagome was walking with Sango, he grabbed her by the arm and flung her behind him, then drew Tessaiga.

"Oi, you fucking prick! Show yourself already... or are you just gonna stay hiding in the trees like a coward?" He was yelling by the time he reached the bottom of that sentence, his rage beginning to fire his blood.

Sesshoumaru stepped into sight, his ward riding Ah-Uhn, and Jaken tumbling along behind, and came to a halt. He simply stared at his brother, not moving, no expression on his face.

Kagome yanked her arm out of Inuyasha's grasp and smacked him in the back of the head, causing the hanyou's eyes to widen. Stalking around to face him, she cut loose.

"What the heck is your problem, Inuyasha? Can't you keep your mouth closed for one dang second?! He's not here to cause a fight - or you'd already be a bloody mess, baka, and you know it!"

She sniffed, and turning her nose up, spun around and faced the male that had the starring role in her decidedly x-rated dreams lately. She could feel Inuyasha tense behind her, knowing he was about to start again, she muttered, "Sit, Inuyasha."

Everyone watched with interest as the hanyou hit the ground.

Wrinkling her nose at the dust that flew up, she asked, "What did you need, Lord Sesshoumaru?"

He turned his gaze from his pathetic brother at her words, his blank mask suddenly disappearing into thin air as he met her gaze with a molten gold one.

"What do I need," he mused. With just a touch of a smirk, he flicked a quick glance across her body. "Are you sure you really want me to answer that in front of your friends, miko?"

At that, Inuyasha tried to raise his head, and everyone heard the stream of obscenities from him, until Kagome rolled her eyes and told him to sit again. Sighing, she looked back over at Sesshoumaru, who hadn't once removed his gaze from her.

"Okay, let me rephrase that. Why are you here?"

He turned his head slightly, calling over his shoulder for Rin and Jaken to come forward, then gestured at a grassy area a few feet from the road they were currently standing on. Understanding that he wanted them to all gather 'round for whatever he had to say, Kagome, carrying Shippo, Miroku, and Sango holding Kirara obligingly moved over and sat down, actually grateful for a small break.

Inuyasha, however, was still in his crater.

Once everyone had taken a seat, Sesshoumaru locked gazes with Kagome for a moment, and then with a slight bow of his head, looked over at Miroku and Sango, making sure to include them in this.

"This Sesshoumaru feels that it would be best if we were to travel together at this time. Naraku is not far, now, and there would be more benefit in our groups staying in proximity to each other than in staying apart."

At that, Inuyasha erupted from his hole like a comet, screaming all the way.

"No fucking way! There is no damn way we are traveling anywhere near you. If I had my way we'd go travel in another land just to stay as far from you as possible!"

Kagome closed her eyes, pinching the bridge of her nose between her fingers, she wished she could get the baka to shut-up... she really didn't need a migraine right now.

"Inuyashaaa," she said warningly, as she opened her eyes up and glared at him, "if you don't shut the hell up, I'm gonna s-i-t you so hard, you'll be turned inside out! What he's saying makes sense, which is more than we can say for you."

She shook her head as he started to open his mouth, red rimming his golden eyes.

"Don't, Inuyasha. If you even think about starting a fight, I really will hurt you. We don't need this juvenile behavior right now." She rolled her eyes at him. "You know what, forget it, I'm not even gonna talk to you about it at all. He's traveling with us, and that's final."

Sesshoumaru had watched the confrontation with a close eye, and couldn't miss the look of hatred the boy shot him. He sighed. There was going to be a fight - but of course, with Inuyasha, that was no surprise.

Kagome, however, was worth the aggravation of dealing with the stain on the family honor, so he ignored the half-breed, and stood as the others did as Kagome got up and stalked off, anger in every line of her body.

Sending a smirk his brother's way, he moved off, following in Kagome's footsteps, content to modify his pace so he could walk behind her... she had some rather impressive 'assets' and he had every intention of enjoying them as much and as often as he could.

The rest of the group shot each other speculative glances before following the two, with the exception of Inuyasha - he was too busy thinking up every horrible, painful, deadly way he could think of to torture and then kill his older brother.

Yup, things were gonna get really ugly - really, really soon.

At this point, he would almost consider teaming up with Naraku just to kill Sesshoumaru.

It'd almost be worth it.

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Kagome sighed, and smiling, leaned back against the tree she sat under with a far-away look in her eyes. They'd eaten, and her and Sango had bathed - privately, for once, since Miroku had been frightened almost to death the moment he'd tried to sneak after the girls by none other than Sesshoumaru.

Now, it was relaxation time before bed, and she was seriously considering taking off for a little private time in the next clearing over just to stare at the stars and have some peace. She just had to figure out an excuse to keep Inuyasha off her ass so she could go.

Just as quickly as that thought hit her, she felt a tug on her soul, and she brightened... Kikyou was around, so that meant the baka would go running after her again - leaving her free to sneak off just like she wanted. It occurred to her, rather suddenly, that this was the first time, ever, that she'd thought of the dead miko's presence as a plus... and she was actually hoping he'd just go already. With a slight frown, she wondered at that, not sure when her feelings about Kikyou and Inuyasha had changed.

Deep down, something inside her whispered that she knew full well when her feelings on that had started to change - and why. A very hentai picture flashed across her mind at that - and it wasn't Inuyasha in it with her, but she pushed all that aside, not wanting to deal with it right now.

Inuyasha had dropped out of the tree he was residing in, having just spotted the soul collectors of his other miko. Before he took off, he glared at his brother, then shot a look at Kagome.

"Oi, wench, don't go takin' off anywhere, ya hear me? You'd better stay where Sango and Miroku can see you, and you'd definitely better keep away from that bastard over there," he said, flipping a finger over his shoulder at his brother. "I'll be back soon."

Kagome growled at him in irritation. "I'll do whatever I want, bakayasha, including going off with Sesshoumaru if I feel like it! Who gave you the right to tell me what I can and can't do, anyway... you go off to hang all over Kikyou anytime you want." She snorted in disgust as he snarled at her.

"Just go, Inuyasha... I need some time away from you right now. But if you're not back by the time we're ready to leave in the morning, then we'll leave without you." With that, she turned her head away and gazed out into the field they were on the edges of, pointedly ignoring the fuming hanyou glaring at her.

"This Sesshoumaru agrees with the miko, half-breed. Go, before she subjugates you - or before I do." He blinked, staring blandly as his brother growled loudly at him, before leaping of into the trees, following the glowing youkai trail towards his priestess.

Kagome sighed with relief. "Thank goodness he's gone! I was getting ready to pound him."

Miroku and Sango stared at Kagome like she'd grown a new head. "You mean, you wanted him to go to Kikyou?"

Kagome nodded. "Yeah, it'll keep him off my ass for the evening. Thank goodness for small favors."

Sesshoumaru raised a single, slender brow as he caught Kagome's eye with his own. "His place is not 'on your ass', miko... that spot belongs to this Sesshoumaru." He let a stern expression cross his face for a moment. "If you would like the hanyou to remain alive, you will keep him away from your ass - and every other part of you. This Sesshoumaru does not share."

Kagome's jaw dropped, and Sango's eyes popped open while Miroku grinned. "Well, well, well. Seems that was a statement of intent if I've ever heard one."

"Indeed, monk. It would also behoove you to keep your own hands from straying where they do not belong." He turned a hard, cold look on the monk, and Miroku gulped and nodded.

Kagome stood up, and sweeping everyone with a glare, said, "I'm going to go for a little walk, guys, if you know what's good for you, you'll leave me alone and not follow me." She pinned a stormy gaze on the daiyoukai. "And that mostly means you!" Spinning on her heel, she marched over to her bag and grabbed her bow and quiver, then stomped off into the trees in the opposite direction from where Inuyasha had disappeared, muttering all the while about possessive dogs.

Sango looked over at a very calm Sesshoumaru.

"How long are you going to wait before going after her, my Lord?"

"Not long."

She shook her head. "Didn't think so."

"Jaken."

The little toad fell all over himself getting to his master, and prostrated himself once he had. "Y-yes, my Lord?"

"You will watch over Rin. Do not follow me."

"Very good, Lord Sesshoumaru, I will take care of Rin!"

Sesshoumaru stood up, and looking up at the sky for a moment, he let a tiny smirk cross his face for just a second, and then he disappeared like a ghost into the night... fully intent on stalking his miko.

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"The nerve of him! What does he think I am, some kind of cheap entertainment?" she fumed, staring out across the meadow she'd chosen to hide in. "I can't believe him!"

"What about this Sesshoumaru can you not believe, miko?"

Kaogme spun around and gaped up at the tall youkai standing above her, an odd light in his eye. Brow furrowing in a menacing glare, she said, "What are you doing here, Sesshoumaru? I said I wanted to be alone... and I'm not alone if I have company, now am I?' she spat out sarcastically.

Seshoumaru stared down at her for a moment, then chuckled. She looked charming, sitting in the grass, hissing like an angry kitten.

"This, if you haven't figured it out yet, miko, is war... and I can't wage war on a person who isn't present, now can I?" he asked, in an obvious parrot of her words.

She stared at him, unsure of what he was talking about. "Uh, Sesshoumaru, are you sure you're all there? Because you're not making any sense."

Reaching down a hand and grabbing her own, he pulled her up forcibly and then let go of her hand and began circling her like a predator, running a finger along her shoulders as he moved from front to back.

Humming appreciatively as her scent spiked, he said, "Last time I checked, Ka-go-me, I was indeed, 'all here'... but I would not be averse to you looking to make sure that I am not missing anything... important."

Kagome's face flushed, and she moaned at what his finger was doing to her... it hadn't moved any lower than her shoulders, but all she could think was, I never realized something so deadly as a claw could feel so... good...

Coming around behind her once again, he leaned in close and, still without touching her body with his, ran his claw down her arm lightly, and breathed into her ear, "After all, what kind of war would it be, if I did not have the proper 'weapon' to conduct the 'combat'?"

Fighting the haze threatening to steal her mind, she shivered, then pulled away slowly, attempting to shake herself free of his control.

"Isn't that just a bit trite, Lord Sesshoumaru? Threatening me with your 'weapon'? I've heard better come-ons from teenage boys. What makes you think I'd respond to it from you?"

Once again stepping close, invading her personal space, he pushed her heavy waves of hair out of the way and ran his tongue down her neck, then pulled back and breathed over it, making her shudder, and her mind shut down. Running his claws down her back 'til he came to the curves of her rear, he followed the curve around to her hips, then once again continued down, his claws snagging lightly on the material of her pajamas as they wandered over the outside of her thighs.

"I do not 'think' you will respond to it from me, Kagome - you are responding to it." He chuckled, breath fluttering erotically over her neck. "Come, koi... you know you will enjoy it when I finally take you - your body will not let you lie about that."

She whimpered again, wanting to deny his claims, but he was having none of it.

"Think about it, miko. Think of me invading you, conquering your flesh, taking it as my own - you cannot deny me, and you know it. I want to feel you, taste you, take you, in every way there is - and soon, I will." His voice had deepened, thick and heavy like sweet molasses, it was a weapon all on its own - and he knew it.

Kagome moaned at his words, and his soft as a feather touches - they were taking over her mind, and she knew in that moment that he was correct - she couldn't fight him and win. She could feel the rumbling in his chest, and that maddening tip of one claw running over her, back up her thigh, then over her hip to the center of her abdomen, and up... right in between her breasts and then up to her shoulders again, and she was so heated that she was almost in tears as he suddenly moved away from her.

With a mocking smile, he waited 'til she turned and faced him, and said, "It seems that the first skirmish of the war goes to me, miko. I look forward to engaging you in battle again... soon."

She stared as he walked casually away as though nothing had happened, then sank to her knees and let the tears out - she ached so badly in so many places from frustrated desire that she thought she was about to go mad - and he just acted like nothing happened?

"Bastard!" she yelled out, rage and desire twining madly inside her until she couldn't distinguish one from the other.

He just chuckled.

"The word is 'master', Kagome, not bastard," came ghosting back through the trees as she growled, enraged by his arrogance.

And I am your master, Kagome. I already have you in the palm of my hand - and I play your body like my own personal instrument of heavenly pleasure.

But don't worry, my little miko... you will soon learn that you have the same power over me.

The daiyoukai winced as he adjusted himself before walking into camp and sitting back down.

He might be winning this war so far, but it was certainly taking it's toll on his own body.

Kagome came back into camp an hour later, and without looking at anyone, went to her bedding and crawled into it, trying like mad to get to sleep, but couldn't, as her body still hummed from his touch, and his words.

Her mind just wouldn't stop racing...

It was a very long night... the first of many, she was sure.