InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Her Protector ❯ Rebirth I ( Chapter 5 )

Disclaimer: I don't own any characters from Inuyasha, it's the sole property of Goddess Romiko Takahashi, and I cannot take credit for her genius.

 

Kagome is a college student unaware of the mortal peril she is in. He's a bitter silver - haired Adonis with a checkered past and a vow to protect humans. So when the two meet, it's a given that fireworks follow…

 

A/N: Results are out and I am extremely happy to announce that the story will continue as planned and dear Sesshomaru will be ** DRUM ROLL** a GIRL. I think if you read this chapter you will realize where I'm going with this girl character and what confusion it could potentially create….

 

This chapter was written much before the voting was set up and therefore inspite of my fractured hand I am able to post it. So please don't mind if it's a little rough around the edges, I can't really spend a lot of time on the computer tidying it up till the cast comes off.

 

Also, this chapter originally was about 20 pages long, so I've divided it into 2 chapters. The second part of this chapter (Rebirth II) will be posted as soon as I can get it in proper order.

 

A/N2: I've managed to clean it up so that some missing bits get clarified. Still needs a little work, but I'll do that after posting Rebirth II which should be up by the end of this week.

 

Note: THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS RAPE and CHARACTER DEATH.

 

A/N 3: A big thanks to my wonderful beta, Rowdyjaner. Those blushes are well earned! Thanks for being an awesome mechanic! ::laughs:: Any mistakes are still all mine!

 

Chapter 5- Rebirth I

 

“NO WAY!!! There is no way in the seven hells that this is going to happen. If you think that this one is going to do this, old woman, you are out of your mind. Both of you are totally crazy to even suggest this to me. There is no way that I, Sesshomaru Taisho, Lord of the Western Lands, am going to pose as a GIRL!!!”

 

“Sesshomaru, please listen to me..”

 

“Forget it, Kaede, I cannot do this. I have gone undercover in a multitude of roles, from a chef to a personal trainer and even a pool-boy, but I draw the line at changing my gender. This one has no intention of bringing dishonor to the Taisho name. I can't have the entire demon community laughing that the son of the great Inu no Taisho has become a bitch. This one generally doesn't care about others and what they think but I cannot do this to my father's memory.”

 

Satori was listening to the demon's words with increasing amazement, her mouth agape with shock. `Inu no Taisho? He is that Sesshomaru Taisho? The great inuyoukai lord's son? Then that means he's the one who…oh…!'

 

Composing herself, she went over to where the exasperated miko was sitting, trying to think of another way to get Sesshomaru to agree. The youkai quirked an eyebrow at the two ladies as Satori whispered into his boss' ear. Barely had he heard a muttered `private' followed by his name that there was a brief flare of ki and a barrier surrounded the two women.

He was annoyed at them and their blatant disregard for him.

 

`That was foolish, they should have told me what they intended to do. Suppose I had interpreted that ki spike as a threat? T qhe result could have been very bad for the both of them - not that that insignificant amount of ki would even give me a scratch but, still, it was an extremely foolish thing to do!'

 

He felt as if he was watching a silent movie. The women conversed freely and soundlessly behind the barrier. Whatever the younger woman was telling Kaede had clearly shocked her, her eyebrows almost climbing into her hairline. Kaede interrupted Satori several times during her narrative, every time glancing at him before speaking. Obviously he was the topic of discussion and that was pissing him off. Several minutes and a silent but impassioned argument later, the barrier came down and the women faced an extremely irate demon.

 

Kaede had a small nervous smile as she spoke to the demon lord. “It seems, Sesshomaru, that Satori has just discovered another reason why it is prudent for you to become a girl. The reason-”

 

“Ha, woman, there is no reason that you can give me which is strong enough to make me do a thing like this.” He interrupted with a small smirk. But he soon found out how wrong he was. It took Kaede only 5 seconds and three calm words to change his mind. Three simple words that he had thought he would never hear, words that were so powerful that he would have done anything asked of him in return, words that changed his entire outlook towards life and tilted the world on its axis. Words that left him dazed, vulnerable and short of breath.

 

Three simple words - “Inuyasha is alive!”

 

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Darkness.

 

She was swimming in an ocean of darkness without awareness, without body, where time had no meaning and where all directions led to the same place. Something changed on the horizon and she felt a small point of light beckoning her. As she moved towards it, it grew bigger, into a nimbus of light that encompassed her and brought her back into her body.

 

Her head pounding fiercely, Saki tried to open her eyes, but she felt as if Mount Fuji was resting on her eyelids. Resigned to keeping her eyes closed, she tried to bring her hand up to rub her aching forehead but found that she couldn't move her limb. In fact, she rapidly realized that she couldn't move at all. Unable to see or move, her nervousness and fear grew. The last thing she remembered was leaving the club against her wishes with Bankotsu. And now she was incapacitated. She wanted to scream with terror but her body betrayed her and she couldn't make a sound. Her fear increased till it became more than mind-numbing and then…she grew calm and focused. She had faced down demons and she knew she was no spineless weakling. Fear would deplete her and right now she had to find a way to escape. A core of strength and toughness that she had always hidden from others emerged, cutting off her fear and forcing her to use her other senses to gather information about her surroundings.

 

She strained her ears and her sixth sense and then she caught it. It was far away but she could hear soft voices moving towards her. “…two days. Why have we not succeeded with her, witch?” Saki shuddered mentally at the cold voice and the matter of fact way in which he was discussing her.

 

“Ma..master! Please.” The woman sounded terrified. “Please, listen to me. I cannot reach her. She is more powerful than the others and has raised a barrier around her. I…I've never…never felt ki this strong.”

 

A touch of excitement entered the man's voice. “Is she the One?”

 

“No, master. She is strong but not that strong. If she had been the One, she would not have been captured in this manner.”

 

“How will we find the One? Despite your promises, I have received no word about her. Does she even exist? I need to find her and I will not tolerate failure!”

 

The woman's voice lowered slightly. “My lord, I may have a clue to her existence. That day at Poison when I cast my spell, I felt a brief flash of very powerful ki fighting my spell. It was a momentary spike, but it…it frightened me. I could not possibly have triumphed against it, especially since I was already drained after the spell, so I did not mention it to you at that time. There is no chance of me failing. I will find her!”

 

“Hn. So you have been keeping secrets from me. No matter, we shall deal with that later. What about this girl. How are you going to get the barrier down? How can she even hold a barrier? Being unconscious for the past two days, she should not be able to hold onto a barrier. What is this magic? This never happened with the others.”

 

“She is not like the others. For one, she had not been bound by a binder. Her powers probably remained hidden under an unconsciously placed voluntary binder. Further, she has probably used her powers more than once. Unlike the others, who never knew what they were, this one is more aware of her powers. And when her ki felt that she was threatened, it raised a barrier to protect her. Nothing can pass the barrier.”

 

Saki was absorbing this information eagerly, even as she tried to move herself every few seconds. So intent was she on the conversation that she almost jumped when she heard the crack of a loud slap.

 

“Foolish bitch! What good is it to me if she is protected? I don't care how you do it - get rid of the barrier. I want her ki.”

 

The terrified captive tried to sort it out in her mind. Did he just say he wanted her ki? She had thought that she was in trouble but this was way worse than anything she had imagined.

 

A lone tear slipped out of her closed eye and she renewed her efforts to get free, struggling fruitlessly to move her limbs. `I have to escape. I don't want to know what they will do to me to get my ki. Oh Kami! Please, please help me.' Exerting a fantastic amount of energy, the girl was rewarded by a slight twitch of her right leg. Heartened by this achievement, she poured all her energy and concentration into moving her feet off the hard slab on which she was lying.

 

She heard the woman, her voice coming from much closer than before, replying fearfully to her `master'. “I have tried everything but to no avail. All we can do now is wait till she expends enough of her energy that her barrier falters.” A tinge of malice entered the woman's tone as she raised her volume. “And if I am not wrong, I think our little guest has awoken and is quite anxious to escape our hospitality. In fact, the fool is so eager that she has exhausted herself. I don't think it will be long now.”

 

Saki shivered. `I though the man was cold and evil but this chick beats him hollow.'

 

She felt the pressure on her eyelids ease up and cracked her eyes open, squinting in the dim light. She saw a masked man and a veiled lady standing a couple of feet away from her, gazing at her with undisguised greed and malevolence. Her mind screamed at her to jump off the slab and run away as fast as she could from this tainted hall but her body merely flopped impotently. Another tear leaked out from her eye as she realized the hopelessness of her situation.

 

She was so tired, her body feeling as if it had been wringed. Just then she felt something crack within her. The woman crowed in pleasure. “It's gone my lord, the barrier is no more.”

 

The man seemed to swell with joy as he waved someone forward. Saki realized that there was a third person in the room - Bankotsu. The no-longer charming man came into her line of view and slowly began undressing. Her eyes widened as she tried to process this information and grew wider when she realized what it meant. `Why is this happening to me…Please NO!!'

 

“I see you have understood why Bankotsu is undressing, but its only fair we tell you the reason behind it. My dear, we need your ki. Now a person's ki resides in their forehead between the eyebrows. Once you are dead, we can take out the receptacle of ki in you but since you are pure and spiritually strong, I cannot touch it. So we have to turn your heart, twist your mind and poison your soul in order to weaken the ki enough for me to handle. I thought of many ways to accomplish this - even going as far as considering torture. But I realized that the fastest way of accomplishing my goal would be to have you raped, as even the purest person is shattered by the heinous act. As a woman, I know the impact it can have on the female psyche, so I decided that it would be most effective. Bankotsu has very graciously agreed to be your rapist today.”

 

Saki glared at the grinning woman, not believing the audacity of the bitch. `How can she do this? Is she mad? I can't believe…'

 

All thought left her as she felt someone removing her clothes. She wanted to scream and shout at Bankotsu. Dammit, she had trusted the man and he was about to rape her. He might as well be raping a corpse, because that's what she was - a breathing corpse. She tried to move, tried to struggle, but nothing happened. Fear, anger, humiliation, terror, unhappiness - emotion after emotion washed over her as she watched the naked man, run his hands almost lovingly over her equally naked body. She pleaded with her eyes turned towards the man, but this Bankotsu was not the one she had met in the club. This man was leering at her, his face a savage picture of lust and cruelty.

 

`He's actually getting his rocks off that I'm incapacitated and at his mercy. Please Kami, no, don't punish me like this…please I'll do anything just let me leave…Please….Please…' Tears poured down her face as he lowered his face towards her, kissing her gently on the lips. He kissed her face, then her neck, her breasts, her stomach moving slowly but surely lower in his affections. Each time he touched her or pressed his lips to her, she mentally cringed. Each feather-light touch seemed to be like a hot brand to her body and almost as painful.

 

He slowly parted her thighs and Saki's heart began palpitating. With great effort, she moved her head slightly, so that she would not be looking at him as he raped her. Then she realized that the man and woman were still standing there, engrossed at the spectacle unfolding in front of them. Hot anger poured into her as Bankotsu positioned himself at her core. Her anger and humiliation compounded hundred-fold when she realized that they were witnessing her ruin with interest. Something feral arose in her and a large umbrella of light surrounded her body spreading out in waves a couple of feet around her before dying out.

 

The lady laughed. ”Quite a fighter, aren't you? But it will do you no good. We are all humans and purifying energy does not harm humans.”

 

No one noticed that the masked man had quietly moved out of the range of the light waves until they died out.

 

Bankotsu plunged himself into her undeterred by her purifying energy and Saki mentally screamed with pain as he tore through her hymen. `Please! Stop! Please stop…pleasestoppleasestop…Nononononononopleaseno! ' He continued thrusting in and out of her oblivious to her pain. Her tears dried up as waves of pain, hate and anger consumed her, her body literally trembling from the strong emotions, weakening her, by now, exhausted spiritual energy. As Bankotsu thrust faster and harder into her making small panting sounds, so did her rage increase at the terrible situation she found herself in. He came in her and climbed off as her body started shaking violently.

 

She felt anger like she had never before. A virulent kind of hatred had possessed her that invoked strong blood lust in her mind. She had always wondered how someone could physically harm another person, but now she knew that if she could have moved, Bankotsu would have been a dead man. She envisioned the tortures that she would wreak on him and felt a savage feeling of unparalleled satisfaction run through her veins. Revenge would indeed be sweet. She would claw his eyes out, break each of his fingers that had desecrated her body, remove strips of his skin till he was nothing but a pulp of bones and blood. She would hack his member off with a kitchen cleaver till there was nothing left on him. She would slowly, oh so slowly, carve his handsome, leering face until it resembled nothing more than an intricate jigsaw puzzle.…By the time she was through with him he would certainly know pain, and how. And then she would start on the couple who had done this to her.

 

Her violent thoughts were interrupted as she watched with narrowed eyes her rapist leaning down to give her a chaste kiss. Caressing her cheek gently, he slammed a mallet down on her forehead. She felt a searing pain as she heard the bones in her skull crack and felt thin rivulets of blood run down her face.

 

The veiled bitch put her lips against her ear and whispered, “Now, my dear, I'm sorry that you have to die, but with every end comes a new rebirth. Don't worry. You are being inducted into a greater cause and will be reborn as a great power.” As the woman finished speaking, Bankotsu hit her again with the heavy tool. Her head throbbed sharply and she felt herself growing lightheaded. She actually felt the woman's hand moving the broken bones in her forehead before severe pain engulfed her and then there was only darkness.

 

Then: nothing.

 

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“Sesshomaru-sama, you want a charm for WHAT?”

 

There was a moment of silence, before Shippo burst into wild laughter. The young Kitsune was practically rolling on the floor in his mirth. The demon lord gave a soft growl, before recovering his stony mask. While he waited for the kit to regain his sanity, he thought back to the moment when Kaede had dropped her bombshell. `Praise the kamis, that Inuyasha is alive. I thought he died when…No matter. It will all be fine. I will bring him round to me.'

 

After that bit of news, there was no question of him refusing the task, not after Kaede had explained the situation. Satori had made the connection on hearing Inu no Taisho's name and had informed the miko, who had used it to kill two birds with one stone. Once Sesshomaru had been informed that Inuyasha was the girl's friend, it was obvious to the demon that if the hanyou saw him, he would flee. So this plan had a two-fold advantage which was why the taiyoukai had agreed to it. To meet the hanyou, Sesshomaru would have done anything. Forget about playing a girl, he would gladly sacrifice his left arm for this. They had discussed the situation from every angle and had made suitable plans; plans that would not work if they did not secure the cooperation of an extremely amused sixteen-year-old Kitsune genius.

 

`This ends now!' the demon lord thought darkly. Raising his voice, he said in contemplation “Hn, Perhaps this Sesshomaru was wrong. Perhaps you cannot help this one. After all it is a difficult task - creating a charm that changes one's gender as well as masking one's physical characteristics.”

 

His cool voice had the desired effect as the kit immediately sobered up, accepting the challenge thrown by the taiyoukai. “Sesshomaru-sama, I have made thousands of charm for Divine Protection, out of which several hundred have been made for you. Most of my charms are pretty easy to make, dealing with changing one or two physical characteristics. Several hundred are those which are difficult to make and deal with hiding or changing a couple of characteristics. There have even been the odd `impossible to make' charms that involve drastically changing the appearance of a demon. What you are asking is beyond impossible. It has not been done - EVER! It involves hundreds and thousands of changes to be made to your youki. It is extremely complex, not to mention dangerous to you. And that is why I am the only one who can, and will, do it! I accept your challenge! I am thankful that you are remaining an inuyoukai, because if we had to hide the fact that you are a youkai, even I would not be able to do it.” The demon started in surprise. He had thought the kit was refusing but he had not counted on the young demon's competitive spirit.

 

“You know the drill. Off with the shirt.” The demon looked coldly at the kit as if berating him for his flippancy and disrespect, but then slowly complied.

 

The Kitsune began to collect supplies as he asked the bare-chested demon. “So have you thought about how you want to look?”

 

The demon thought fast. “I don't want to look like a slut and I don't want to look like a nerd. I want to look nice, classy and uh…like…” He collected his thoughts `Like Rin? Nope that would cause confusion since we are going to the same University…Like Yura? Nah… Mother? No, too cold. Like HER? No, not a good idea, all things considered. Shiori? Yukina? No and no…then who? Ah! got it - Mystery Girl from Poison! She's perfect.'

 

Sesshomaru drew a quick sketch of the girl, while describing her to Shippo and the kit got to work. He took samples of the demon lord's blood and skin, a few strands of his hair and one of his claws and set out to fuse them into the charm. Several hours later and after numerous requests for the lord to let his youki out so that the kit could make subtle and not-so-subtle changes in it, the charm was ready.

 

It was past midnight and the bare-chested demon lord felt as if he had just battled a million demons. He swayed on his feet imperceptibly as Shippo made the final change and combined the charm's essence with the inuyoukai's youki.

 

Crossing his fingers, Shippo activated the charm and was left speechless. The glaring demon lord had disappeared and in his place stood a lissome girl with long black hair, pointed demon ears and deep, coffee-coloured eyes. She had high, perky breasts tipped with corral nipples, a narrow waist and, from what he could make out under Sesshomaru's baggy jeans, shapely thighs. In all, it was a nicely toned body and rather appealing to the young kit. He knew without checking that the demon's lower garments now covered feminine sexual organs.

 

`I've done it! Man, who knew Sesshomaru could look so hot as a girl. Though I must say, it is the first time I've seen a girl without her top. Maybe I should ask him to put his shirt on again, it's a little distracting...'

 

Sesshomaru looked bored as he waited for something to happen. He noticed Shippo staring fixedly at his chest and raised his eyebrows. He moved to the mirror on the wall and slowly turned around, examining himself from every angle. He sighed, disappointment marring his face. “Obviously, it didn't work.”

 

Shippo was so lost in his frank perusal of the topless goddess' exquisite breasts that he almost missed what Sesshomaru had said in a rather calm feminine voice. “Huh?!! Didn't work? What do you mean? You are absolutely stunning! And you sound like a siren! It's like you have been reborn as a girl. Damn…am I good or what!” His smug grin faded as he saw the confusion on the inuyoukai's face. “You can't see it?”

 

“No.”

 

“Oh! Nothing at all?”

 

“No, Kit. This Sesshomaru can only see himself.”

 

“Oh! Can you hear the change in your voice?

 

The goddess growled softly. “NO! This one wonders whether something has actually happened or are you just pulling my leg?”

 

Shippo looked at the frowning topless girl who was growling softly and unexpectedly burst out laughing. Noticing the look he was getting, he quickly sobered up. “Not a problem…not a problem at all. With complex spells like this, there can be a glitch or two. It'll just take an hour or so to fix, it's nothing major.”

 

The demon lord glared at the enthusiastic teen and almost snarled. “NO! We will do this tomorrow.”

 

“But…”

 

“Tomorrow!”

 

“Hai, Sesshomaru-sama!” the kit said meekly.

 

“Also, I will need a voluntary power binder, so that I appear to be a youkai of middling abilities and not as powerful as I really am. But it should have a feature that enables me to adjust the level of power I bind, according to my need, without revealing my true form.”

 

“Hai, Sesshomaru-sama!”

 

“You have one that is ready?”

 

“Hai, Sesshomaru-sama!”

 

“I will also require your new scent distortion charm. Is it ready?”

 

Shippo's sullen expression vanished as his attention was diverted to his newest project. “Well, if I work through the night, I think I can have it ready by tomorrow. It's the unstable pheromones that have to be stabilized. If I fuse-”

 

The demon slung his shirt around him and strode towards the exit. “Good! Do it. I'll see you tomorrow.” Shippo nodded abstractedly, his mind already at the task at hand.

 

It was much later that he realized that Sesshomaru had left with his charm still on.

 

 

TBC…

 

A/N: Heartfelt thanks to my reviewers:

 

Sovereignty: Yeah! Two reviews. I much like you, sweetheart. Thanks for being my number one reviewer. As for whether guys will hit on female Sessy. HELL YEAH!!! As for what would happen then….Mwwwaaaahahahaaa!!!

 

Devyne: **faints while reading review ** Wow! As you can see your little guessing thing was quite spot on. Are you SURE my notes have not got uploaded on the web by mistake cause first it was Sovereignity and now you. Wow…And you're right the fireworks will be great. LOL ;)

 

Faerie: Thanks, my dear. I'm sorry but there were more votes for Sessy as a girl. But keep reading. Its gonna be mighty interesting.

 

Magnolia: Thanks for the inspiring email. You're right about meager reviews but I'm not disheartened. As long as I do my stuff right and people like you keep reading my stories, I will not mind a lack of reviews. Even though, truth be told, its always nice to be reviewed - even if they are flames. LOL.

 

Like it or hate it or just plain indifferent to it, please review. I will really appreciate it

 

A/N 2 - Am repeating these responses because due to some problems with mediaminer they did not appear on the last chapter.

 

Miss Mischief: Thanks! It makes me so happy to know that you loved it. As for the Sessy being a girl bit, you have no idea what kinda mischief I've planned for him. LOL!!! Damn this accident. I can't wait to write it.

 

ChibiRin: You're the first one who wants Sessy to remain a guy. Sorry but if the votes keep coming in like this its gonna be a female Sessy. But don't worry he's not gonna be scary - ridiculously strange but not scary, that I can guarantee.

 

Sovereignty: My dear, you almost gave me a heart attack when I read your review. My first though was - IS SHE PSYCHIC? Do I need a tin-foil hat to prevent her from reading the twisted turns in my hentai mind? Then after getting my heart in control I re-read the review. You were close but haven't quite hit the nail on the head. I was a lil disappointed after all the work I did to lead to this LOL. No matter, seems like you're becoming my reviewer no 1.

 

Jessica_Hemora: Thanks for the encouragement it means a lot to me but I'm very sorry that it will be delayed for some time due to my injury.

 

 

 

Like it or hate it or just plain indifferent to it, please review. I will really appreciate it