InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Legend of the Nephilim ❯ betrayal ( Chapter 4 )

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

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha, or any other character belonging to the series they are the genius work of Rumiko Takahashi I simply use them for my stories; I also do not own anything related to the fallen trilogy belonging to Thomas E. Sniegoski; the original characters in this story, and original plots, are mine.

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“You ungrateful whelp!” bellowed Inutashio, as he placed a sound proofing barrier around the room “What in Kami's name do you thing you are doing?”

“Simply forming a union with our neighboring kingdom, besides I need that sword smith to forge me a sword worthy of my powers” replied Sesshoumaru coolly.

“She is not some pawn you can bend to your will Sesshoumaru, she has done so much for this family already and now you ask her to risk her life? How could I have raised such a pup?” said Inutashio bitterly.

“Risk her life father?” questioned Sesshoumaru.

“You truly are foolish. Have you already forgotten what lord Kouga said about random attacks on his lands? Yet you want a young woman, who is basically our ward, to travel with our ally through dangerous territory. You might as well just hand her over to lord Mamoru” he said, his voice getting louder with every word “Do you have any idea what the Eastern lord does to beautiful women, especially ones who are still innocent such as our Kagome?”

“She will be fine father. She will have the northern lord and his guards to escort her safely. I highly doubt Kouga would take her if he was unable to protect her” he said seemingly unfazed.

“Are you truly so selfish that you would risk an innocent woman's life and purity for a mere sword?” his father asked him in disgust.

“Aren't you over exaggerating just a little bit father? Lord Mamoru will have no idea who she is, she will be safe” he said turning to leave “now let down the barrier so I can get back to the endless pile of scrolls you left me when you made me lord.”

“I am not done with you Sesshoumaru, and you may be lord but do not be mistaken in thinking you can proceed to give me orders pup” growled Inutashio.

“I am lord father, I will order around whom ever I see fit, you, Inuyasha, even Kagome. Her life belongs to me and she will do as she is told. As for you father you would not be in this situation if you had just kept the title of lord, but you were unfit for the title during mourning over the death of a mortal woman. A weakness I will never have, now lower your barrier” he demanded barring his fangs.

“You truly are the most self centered being I have ever set eyes on” he said as he lowered the barrier.

As Sesshoumaru went to open the door his father's words stopped him.

“She will never forgive you” said Inutashio “Now go and tell her how you betrayed her. I will see you at dinner” he said as he walked passed his son and down the hall to his personal study.

Sesshoumaru tuned on his heal and made his way to his own study. He was beginning to get a head ache.

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Kagome was walking in the gardens to meet with Yukio and Haru when one of the palace guards stopped her.

“Miss Kagome, lord Sesshoumaru wishes to speak with you” he said.

“Alright, will you please tell him I will be along shortly?” she asked as she headed to the garden, but she was once again stopped.

“Miss he is not in a good mood and he said it was urgent” he said to her.

She sighed in defeat.

“Very well will you please tell the two northern guards in the garden I will be there as soon as I can?” she asked.

He nodded and made his way to the garden.

She took a deep breath and made her way to the large study. She really needed to talk to Haru and Yukio to see how things were going in the north. They had been attacked in the west several times but Kisho was able to keep things quite. She wondered if they were having the same issues in the north.

Who could be doing this, she wondered…and why did the fallen of the underworld start to mingle with mortals? No doubt Yuma was up to something big this time. She shivered at the thought of his name. He was evil, pure evil.

She stopped when she got to the large doors that lead to Sesshoumaru's study, and knocked lightly knowing he would hear it.

She was waiting for him to command her to enter so she was surprised when the door was opened by the lord himself. He moved to the side and allowed her to enter. He then quickly closed and locked the door behind her and erected a barrier around the room.

Kagome looked at him with curious and fearful eyes. This must be big if he didn't want anyone to hear, and if he didn't anyone to enter…or leave.

“Pack your things. You are to accompany the northern lord Kouga to his palace tomorrow” he said coldly, no emotions on his face.

“What?” she whispered. Had she done something wrong?

“I will not repeat myself woman” he bit out.

She was taken back by his tone. He was always a little distant but never with her, and he had never once called her woman before.

“May I ask why Sesshou...”

“Lord Sesshoumaru!” he interrupted

Her eyes widened, where did that come from?

“Please forgive me my lord” she said bowing low to him.

“Hn” was all he said.

She was so confused, what had changed in him so quickly? Just yesterday he had basically commanded her to call him by name and now he was demanding to be called by his title. She had known him for over 100 years and never in that time had he been so cold.

“My lord?” she asked meekly.

Her response was a single raised eyebrow.

“My I ask why you are sending me away, have I done something to displease you?” she asked quietly.

He was quiet for a moment before he answered her question.

“I am lord that is all you need to know” he replied as he moved to sit behind his desk.

She simply stared…why? She wondered as she could start to feel the stinging sensation of her tears. She knew she had to get a hold of herself. She always did have trouble taming her powers when her emotions got the better of her.

“Yes my lord” managed to speak and she turned to leave.

Noticing this he let the barrier down and in the blink of an eye he was at the door unlocking the lock. She opened the door and walked down the hall; never once looking back at him.

For that he was glad.

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Once she was out of sight he closed the door and let out the breath he did not know he was holding. He was surprised that her famous temper did not get the better of her, he was being and ass…and he knew it. For some reason he felt that if he was mean and distant to her she would loath him, and all his problems would be solved. He was hopping for a verbal conflict, that she would insult him, call him every name she could think of, slap him, anything. He was not ready for the scent of her tears.

He sat back down in his chair and sighed, his plan was not working. Instead of getting her off of his mind she was once again all he could manage to thing of, even worse his study was now filled with the scent of Kagome and her unshed tears.

He truly was a selfish ass.

`The sword will be worth it though', he argued with himself `she will come back and then I can try to mend what has been done'.

`She will never forgive you' his father's words rang in his head.

Hopefully he was wrong.

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She ran the entire way to the garden, holding back her tears the entire time. She would not give him the satisfaction of her tears. Once the garden came into view she sighed in relief, Haru and Yukio were still under the tree and talking to Kisho and Adara.

Good now they can all talk, she needed a change of subject.

As she got closer she smiled and Haru and Yukio. Haru smiled back and came to her wrapping her small frame in his much larger one. He pulled back and kisser her on the cheek. She smiled as she looked into his brilliant green eyes, his brown curly hair had gotten longer too she noted. He looked more and more like his big sister Adara ever time she saw him.

“How are you Kagome?” he asked her.

“Fine Haru” she smiled “how are you?”

“I am well” he replied.

They were interrupted by a cough and looked over at Yukio; his grey eyes sparkling with excitement. She hugged Haru again as she moved away from him to her dear friend Yukio. He bent to pick her up and spun her around in circles; it was his tradition with Kagome since they were children. She laughed and hugged him back with all her strength, the incident with Sesshoumaru long forgotten.

“I have missed you” he said smiling at her.

“It's good to see you again too Yukio” she said laughing as his shoulder length blond hair brushed against her cheek.

She walked over to Kisho and Adara, “we should sit, there is much to discuss” she said.

The other four nodded in response and they all sat down under the tree.

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Sesshoumaru walked over to the window unable to concentrate on his endless pile of work. He looked down to see two guards from the northern land talking with his trusted guard Kisho and his maid Adara. Curiosity getting the better of him he watched them wondering how they all knew each other.

He then saw Kagome come into the garden headed for the group. He gripped the window sill when one of the northern guards embraced her and his breath hitched as he saw the man lean down and kiss her cheek. Unable to look away he cursed his curiosity as the other guard embraced her as well. He finally tuned away not wanting to look anymore.

“It's your own fault” came a voice form a crossed the room.

“Indeed” he replied.

“Why do you choose not to listen to your father?” asked Inutashio.

Sesshoumaru chose to ignore him and headed back to the stack of scrolls, Kagome's laughter ringing throughout the study.

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“So there have been attacks here as well?” asked Yukio “How have you kept them secret?”

“We cleaned up the mess and eliminated all evidence; they have not left any survivors” said Kisho.

“What have the elders said?” asked Kagome.

“They are looking into it as we speak, but they are just as confused as we are” said Haru.

“I want to know when they started to breed with humans” said Adara.

“They haven't” said Haru.

Everyone turned to look at him like he grew another head.

“But I saw them, the evil nephilim, with wings as black as night” whispered kagome.

“No what you saw was an oni-tenshi” said Haru.

“What?!” said Kisho.

“You mean?” asked Adara.

“Yes a demon-angel” answered Yukio.

“So they haven't breed with humans, but they have with demons?” asked Kisho “That must mean that they know about us.”

“Yes the only reason we haven't been with demons is we didn't want them to know we existed. If we were to mate or join with them our auras would cross and they would know. So that must mean that the eastern and southern demons know” said Kagome shaking.

“If they know then why haven't they said or done anything? We are the only ones capable of killing anything with angelic blood, surly they would have come after us by now?” asked Adara.

“They have” said Haru

“What? When? Who?” asked Kisho.

Haru then pulled the pendent out of his pocket. He had taken it form Kouga when he was distracted by Kagome's back side.

Everyone gasped, and the tears Kagome was harboring from before came to the surface and fell freely.

“No” she whispered.

“He died trying to defeat the oni-tenshi that were attacking the supply caravan. There were ashes everywhere, he fought bravely and took many with him” said Yukio

Adara clung to her younger brother and cried.

“Shippo” cried Kagome.

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The next morning everyone meet on the stairs of the palace to wish to travelers a safe journey. She hugged Adara and Kisho and told them to keep a close watch over the house. They both smiled at her, constantly worrying about everyone else. Inuyasha hugged her tightly and made her promise to keep safe. She smiled at him and promised.

Sango and Kikyo looked over depressed at the sight of their closest friend leaving for an undetermined amount of time. Kagome just laughed.

She bowed to Sesshoumaru not even looking him in the eyes; she wanted to get far away from him at the moment. She would dearly miss home but at least she would be able to spend time with Haru and Yukio.

The western carriage pulled up and Kagome looked at it in wonder. Why did they need two Carriages? When the door opened an older man stepped out. He walked over to Sesshoumaru and bowed deeply.

“Hello my lord, I am Totosai, sword smith of the north. It is an honor to be called upon by one such as you. I will take great pleasure in forging you your great sword” he said.

Kagome gasped. It all made sense now. Sesshoumaru wanted a powerful sword and only the great Totosai would be able to craft such a sword. She was going with Lord Kouga doing Kami knows what, and all for a sword. She turned and walked towards the carriage she was about to get in when a hand stopped her.

She tuned to look into warm, sympathetic golden eyes.

“Do not worry my dear. Please tell me you did not think I would let you go all alone?” asked a smooth voice.

She smiled at him and he helped her into the northern lord's carriage. Lord Kouga simply smiled and bowed to the great dog demon.

As he moved to get in as well a very angry voice boomed.

“What do you thing you are doing?”

“Surely you did not think I would let her do this by herself did you? She is and always has been under my protection pup. It was MY mate's dieing wish and MY promise to forever protect her. I will not betray and abandon what western lands are sworn to protect” raged Inutashio as he got into the carriage and closed the door.

Sesshoumaru watched as it left the palace and headed for the northern lands. He silently prayed to the Kami's to keep them safe.

And to forgive him for all he had done to the precious cargo on its way to his ally's home.

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TBC