InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Made New ❯ Enter Takeshi ( Chapter 5 )

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

Kagome was in no state to travel so the next few days were spent in the small field of flowers. Sesshomaru was only there in sparing moments, and at night during which Kagome avoided him at all costs. He had already made it clear that she was not to leave the campsite, and for the time being she had no problem with that. All she needed were a couple days to relax, to think about what was happening to her. Not even a week ago she was marching her tired but happy way around the country side with her first love. Next thing she knew she was staying in a clearing with his homicidal but gorgeous half brother, whom is hell bent on protecting her for sake of his honor. Not to mention an adorable little girl that she was already falling in love with. The few times she had talked to Sesshomaru it was about Rin. It seems it has always been Rin’s choice to follow her lord, and she could have stayed in the western palace if she wanted to but she chose to go with him wherever he would allow her. The girl was totally enamored.

Sesshomaru was odd when he talked about her. He seemed almost kind. Kagome would never have guessed he cared about anything, but she could tell, that Rin was important to him. She didn’t know how she knew this for as far as she could tell he was outwardly the same as he always was, but she had been more sensitive to his aura lately. Too sensitive, she was starting to pick up on the things that annoyed him. Herself being one of them. Kagome chalked the new awareness up to his rescue but it was still unsettling. If she was reading an emotion from the ice lord then they were way to close for comfort.

Sesshomaru was feeling it too. Hence his being away from the campsite. He was never really away, if he was needed he could be back there within seconds, and his beast’s new connection with the miko would certainly alert him to any danger even before his aura picked it up. He was finding that Kagome’s holy powers were very good at sensing danger before it came. This bond was puzzling. It meant his beast had fully accepted Kagome as part of his pack, which was why it had acted on its own to protect her before, but even this was extremely unusual.

His beast was the counter part to his soul, a being the same and different from himself. Only the most powerful youkai, have this creature in them. They are beings of instinct, of raw power, they contain the essence of an individual’s demon heritage. His being a dog, it longed for a strong pack. Some demons were not accepted without blood ties or ceremonies. Sesshomaru had to often refrain his beast form denying a demon. For him to accept Kagome, a mere human, albeit a priestess, is enough to intrigue Sesshomaru, but to have his other half act on its own, to have him accept her even before Sesshomaru did himself, that was truly amazing. There was still yet more to this girl then Sesshomaru had realized. It had been a long time since he was genuinely interested in something.

“Sesshomaru?” The miko walked over to his side of the fire. It seemed she was feeling better, she was walking without any sign of fatigue now and the pink of her aura had returned to almost its normal size and color.

“Hn” Rin was already asleep, the priestess should have been as well, but Sesshomaru still answered her.

Kagome sat down next to the heat and looked at him. She was a little apprehensive but who would blame her. She continued in her soft voice. “Why doesn’t Inuyasha just take the mark off of me? Wouldn’t that solve every thing?” ‘He could be happy’ She had been thinking about that for a while now. If Inuyasha just let her go then he and Kikyo would have no problems, and she could finish her job.

He could feel the sadness coming from her now, this time softly, it was no where near the intensity she had been feeling before. She must have been thinking of Inuyasha again. Her loyalty was disgustingly unfounded. “He cannot.” The mut had told him that himself.

Kagome took his words for face value. She was sure if there was a simple answer to this then Sesshomaru would have already found it. She just had to be sure, Inuyasha shouldn’t lose his love if he didn’t have to. “It wouldn’t matter would it? You would still kill Kikyo.” Her sadness was deepening.

He did not owe her any explanations, nor was it his job to console her, but he told her any way that Kikyo was already dead. “You should care less for her Miko, for she is the cause her own death.” He looked at her then and the light from the fire illuminated more unbidden tears trailing along Kagome’s face. “She is the reason for the baka’s pain, not you Miko.” The pressure of her sadness on his beast’s aura ebbed a little.

She knew enough about Sesshomaru to know he was not a liar. Lying is for weak people, those who have not the power, or the courage to tell the truth or to get what they want without it. He wouldn’t have told her that if he did not believe it Still it was hard for her to just accept it. Because to tell the truth she wasn’t completely innocent either. She was the one who was keeping Kikyo from the kind parts of her soul, and Inuyasha from giving his whole heart away. She wasn’t even meant to be in this time period. What right did she have to separate them. “What if I don’t accept him?”

“The mark does not depend upon the female, the only part that needs your consent is the mating ritual.” Besides he didn’t think his beast would let her go so easily after already being accepted. “Sleep now. We travel tomorrow.”

Kagome straitened her back. “What if I don’t want your protection.” She lifted her chin. She didn’t ask for this, and she certainly didn’t want to be a burden any longer. If she just finished completing the jewel she could return to her own time, and not trouble anyone. ‘Isn’t that what Kikyo really wants?’

“This is less about you than you are presuming Miko, you have little choice in the matter” Sesshomaru eyed her coldly. She was staring at her shoes. “If you run, I will catch you” it was a promise.

Kagome noticed her hands starting to sweat. “Don’t you have other things to do? I mean, aren’t you just wasting your time?” When he didn’t answer, Kagome walked over to her sleeping bag. The material was soft under her knees, and she quickly put herself into its belly. “What are you going to do?”

“Find the priestess.”

“You know where she is?”

“The half breed will” He narrowed his eyes minutely. “Sleep now.”

Kagome pretended she didn’t hear the order. “I want to talk to him.” She needed answers, needed to ‘sit’ him into oblivion. She wasn’t about to just let this whole thing go, it wasn’t fair that he could just decide that he wanted her, and she had no say in it.

“You will not have the time, go to sleep.” Sesshomaru closed his eyes knowing that Kagome was still looking at him and hoped she would follow suit. He had no such luck.

“What do you mean?”

“Sleep”

“Ugh” Kagome sighed and rolled onto her back. Sesshomaru found it almost humorous watching the girl’s irritation, especially since it was due to him. She jumped up. “Don’t laugh at me!”
“I have done no such thing.” He replied cooly his eyes still closed.

“You know what I mean.” She narrowed her eyes in a very Sesshomaru like expression. “You were thinking it.”

“Do not assume that you know what this Sesshomaru is thinking”

“You would have laughed too if you weren’t so stony all the time!”

“Go to sleep Miko.” He ignored her ridiculous comment.

Kagome lifted her chin. “When is this . . . you know, going to go away?”

Sesshomaru wondered when she had grown backbone enough to refuse his orders. His beast was irritated at her disobedience, but surprisingly not angry. She was not a weakness to him, so maybe the animal saw no threat in her defiance. Sesshomaru though, could not agree. “If you do not sleep now, this Sesshomaru will make you.”

Since his voice promised pain, and she didn’t really like the idea of being knocked out she closed her eyes but not before muttering half heartedly. “Jerk”

“Hn”

~*~



Rin squeezed Kagome’s hand lightly as they headed up a particularly steep hill. It had been almost a week and there was still no sign of Inuyasha. Kagome was starting to get an uneasy feeling in her chest. Where could he have gone? She didn’t want to believe anything had happened to him but she could feel that Sesshomaru was a little skeptical about it too. Their connection had not even faded over the few days they had spent relatively together, but she was getting used to it. At least she wasn’t really afraid of him anymore. She wondered if Rin had the same sort of bond with her Lord? The girl had Kagome wrapped around her little fingers now. She hardly had time to sleep between flower picking, and games of tag.

The hill they were walking on came to a stop with sweet flat land on the top, and Rin didn’t let go of Kagome’s hand. “Kagome - sama? Do you like my Kimono? “ She lifted a dirty orange sleeve up for Kagome to see.

“I think it’s cute.” she smiled “it suits you”

“But yours is so different! Rin thinks it’s cute” She gave her a wide grin

Kagome looked down at her messy uniform, and frowned. ‘I guess this is really different from what Rin is used to.’ She thought about changing into traditional wear when she went to the feudal era a long time ago. Her outfit did bring her a lot of unwanted attention, not to mention the lecherous looks she got from old men when they visited some villages. It would have been a lot easier to just put on the miko outfit, but then she really would look just like Kikyo, except far less beautiful, and with blue eyes. Kagome sighed at that, and saw Sesshomaru glance at her over his shoulder. Apparently that thought was a lot louder then she had wanted it to be. He didn’t say anything though, so she returned to her not so healthy clothing. She just couldn’t get rid of it. The cloths came from home. ‘Home . . . ‘ Could Inuyasha have gone through the well? Maybe she should check, it was as good of an excuse as any to go home. It didn’t seem likely though, that Lord cold and moody would let her. She giggled, cold and moody seemed about right.

Sesshomaru looked over his shoulder once more at the now smiling miko. Her emotions changed so rapidly. He was sure he would not approve of what she was thinking. “Hn”

Kagome laughed again, it was a good thing he could only feel her emotions, if he could read her mind some thing told her she would be in big trouble. When Sesshomaru turned back around Rin gave Kagome’s hand another squeeze. “Is Kagome - sama playing a game with Sesshomaru - sama?”

Said demon Lord did not stop but Kagome could tell he was listening and deciding that she rather liked her head in the state it was in replied “No, I just thought of something funny” but she winked at Rin. The girl ginned and Kagome put a finger to her lips. Rin imitated her cutely, and Kagome almost let herself laugh again but held it in.

Sesshomaru noticed the soft radiance of the miko’s laughter even if it was not audible. It was better than the sadness he felt from her earlier he decided. The constant barrage of her emotions was talking a tole on him. She seemed to dramatize every emotion that she had and those would change so quickly from one into the next that they often ran into each other. It would go on like this sometimes for hours, especially when she was asleep, until she was a mess of tantrums, and hysterics. But was the miko really feeling these things with such a great intensity, or was it he that just forgot what it was like to feel? .

Things like fear. He had not felt fear since . . . well a very long time ago. He could easily have forgotten what it is to be afraid, but what of anger of sadness? He thought he knew them well, but happiness was another matter entirely. His father had happiness, and Sesshomaru thought of him as weak for it. He found it in the arms of a human, a girl not much older than Kagome. She was kind and always laughing, but weak and frail. ‘ Pathetic’ Humans were indeed pathetic with their short years, their petty wars, and their rotten love. They knew not of loyalty, yet they were the creatures the Kamis gave happiness to in abundance.

Sesshomaru was not a fool, he knew could not hope to know better than the gods themselves, but the idea raised resentment. Demons understood little of happiness, and they rarely found it. Maybe that was why his father sought the company of the detested race, maybe that was what Sesshomaru had in Rin who was different from any human he knew, but not unlike the miko with her true loyalty, and her jubilance. The miko was just as odd and just as happy as Rin, and Inuyasha’s mother, but for all this he could not call her weak like he thought of them. He felt Kagome’s laughter freeze.

“Sesshomaru . . . there’s a jewel shard near by” She let go of Rin’s hand and automatically reached back for her bow, but only found air. She forgot she didn’t have it with her.

He faced her. “You will ignore it.” His eyes met hers and dared her to challenge him. This was an order.

Kagome felt the ice of his golden orbs fall on her, but looked straight back up at them. She could not just forget about it! That was totally against her nature. She had a duty to the shards and the lives attached to them. What would she do if that demon killed someone, and she could have stopped it? It was her duty to save the people affected by her mistake. Kagome tensed her body. This would not be easy. Sesshomaru would kill her for this. Realizing she couldn’t argue with the stubborn youkai she had one option. She ran. She knew she couldn’t get away from Sesshomaru but at least she might be able to get to the demon in time to draw his attention, then Sesshomaru would have to kill it. Her heart raced as she pounded her feet across the ground. The youkai she was after was only a low level, and it would be attracted to the shards she had. If she could only get a little closer, she knew it would follow her.

~*~

Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes in annoyance. “Jaken”
The toad rushed over to his master. “Yes my Lord? “

“Rin is not to leave this spot” He started after the miko before Jaken could reply.

~*~

She didn’t get far before she felt Sesshomaru’s anger getting closer. She pushed her self harder knowing it was useless, he’d have her in a matter of seconds. She moved across the flat forest land as fast as she could, and then she had to smile. Kagome only kept running to put some distance between herself and the little girl she had grown so fond of, but the demon was following her.

~*~

Sesshomaru knew what the miko was doing, and the act would not go unpunished, but for now he had a worthless lizard to take care of. Kagome changed directions and was heading towards the foul creature. Sesshomaru felt his beast rumble angrily within it’s cage. He was none too pleased with his pack mate. He sent out a warning through his aura, telling any nearby not to harm the girl baring Inuyasha’s mark, as weak as it was, but he knew it would go unheeded. Power would always drive the lesser forms mad, they even thought to challenge the cold stare of death, which was most certainly Sesshomaru.
He stopped in front of Kagome, and let her take a stance behind him. “You will pay for your disobedience miko.”

She didn’t say anything, but concentrated her power around her like she had been taught, making it solid and impenetrable. The lizard youkai was biding it’s time before attacking. Kagome could follow it’s aura though, around the trees. It was circling them, she wished she had her arrows then this would be over, but in her haste to leave Inuyasha she had forgotten them. She shifted her eyes quickly to Sesshomaru. She could feel him preparing a strategy that he probably didn’t need. Did he treat every enemy that way? As if it was an actual battle, not just a nuisance getting in his way. When had that changed? Maybe she was underestimating the enemy, he did have a jewel shard after all, or maybe it was just this link that allowed her to watch him calculate. Outwardly he was just waiting, with his handsome figure loose. Kagome was behind him so she could not see his eyes, a fact she was almost sore about, but she as sure they were tracing the lizard’s path around them.

Sesshomaru was watching the creature as it made its way through the trees the surrounded them. Kagome may not be able to actually see the thing, but Sesshomaru knew every twitch of it’s muscles like they were his own. He was hesitant with the youkai Lord protecting his prey, no amount of power can erase that fear, but he could not ignore the call of the jewel. It was a desire beyond his will to ignore. He leaped at the girl. He only met with the sting of her barrier charring his skin. His only chance had been ruined.

Kagome’s heart was racing, but Sesshomaru was there in an instant and the beast was disposed of in a slash of red and yellow from is poison whip. It was . . . rather anticlimactic. The lizard slumped unceremoniously to the blood covered ground, Kagome followed it’s decent, and then looked up as if it hurt to move her neck. She cringed slightly. The look on Sesshomaru’s face betrayed nothing, it was void of anything but his prefect structure, but she could see in those gold depths, the promise of punishment.

~*~
It was dark, and hot. The very air screamed for moisture but it would never see any. It was to dry to sweat despite the suffocating, and burning heat. This place was a nightmare, her nightmare and she knew it well. It repeated in her mind every time she closed her eyes. ‘Inuyasha where are you?’ She tried to yell but her mouth wouldn’t open. She couldn’t move. Every breath was labored and scorching. ‘Inuyasha you sent me here!’. The pain seemed to magnify every second and she couldn’t remember how long she was caged here. It could have ben just moments, it could have been years, but it would last for an eternity. Always the suffering would escalate but never reach an ending intensity. The heat would always get hotter, and the pain would always hurt more. There was no adjusting, no rest, no hope. . .

Kikyo opened her eyes. Still breathing hard she put her hand on the pain in her chest. Slowly she remembered where she was and why. The pain disappeared just like it always did, but the lingering anger remained. Inuyasha had left her in hell. She dreamt of it every night. She hated him for it. Why should she have gone to hell? What had she done to deserve such an ending? It was because she loved a demon, It was because she loved a demon still, that she would go back to that place, but this time she would not allow herself to go alone. The hanyou would come with her, if she had to drag him there. The only problem was her incarnation.

At first she hated the girl. How dare she try and take her place? What strength did she steal? She was an imposter, and trying to take her role. The original was discarded in Kagome’s place. But the girl was not just a copy, she was her own type of original. Kikyo had seen the kindness in her eye’s, that were blue, not her own brown. She saw her innocence, the miko was just a child. She loved just as Kikyo herself, did. She did not want to kill her, but she could not let Inuyasha go. He would return to hell with her no matter what stood in the way. Even someone as selfless as Kagome.

“So you’re awake.” A dark male voice came from behind the sliding wall that separated her room from the rest of his mansion. She was tempted to stay silent, but the demon would scent the lie.

“Takeshi, do not presume you can disturb me. “ Kikyo sat up in her bed role. She always slept in her miko cloths when she was here to feel more secure. The bastard had no respect for privacy. The man walked into the room fluidly. Moving the door without a noise. The man was beautiful. He stood tall and dark. His hair was long and black, he wore it in a braid that fell to his well toned stomach. His bangs were trimmed around his handsome face like a frame for his red eyes. He was not a full demon but the sinister power radiating off of his body would have fooled even the most perceptive. He was Naraku’s only son after all.

His voice was smooth , and calm, he was wearing only his hakamas and the leather wrists bands he had on constantly. “My apologizes, it has been a week since your last visit. I am eager for news.” The youkai moved slowly and like liquid. “Your report priestess?”

Kikyo’s jaw clenched, she did not want to be the barer of misfortune to their plan, but it had to be done. They would have to deal with Sesshomaru if they wanted the jewel. The shikon no tama was of no interest to her, but Takeshi would stop at no lengths to finish his father’s legacy. He would kill Inuyasha and herself when the time came. He was the only demon she knew that had the power and the will to do such things. “It seems the youkai Lord Sesshomaru will be an obstacle for of now. He is no fool, he is a master -“

“I know what he is” he cut in gently. “He is not an opponent I wish to face head on. “

Kikyo swallowed her anger. This was good. Takashi was made to be a worrier, he knew his enemy well. “We need a plan to get to the girl.”

“Catch the dog off guard?”

“That may have worked with Inuyasha, but it will not with Sesshomaru. I don’t think there is anything we can do against him.” She clutched the blanket in her hands tightly.

“His ward?”

“I will not allow you to hurt the child.” There was a long pause and she was beginning to think the hanyou had given up, but no.

“Relax” He said as he moved back toward the door. Just before it closed she heard him say “I have a plan.”
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Thanks for reading!!!! Chapters will come out faster if you give me some fuel, I mean reviews. =) This chapter seemed a lot shorter then it is. Maybe because only two things happened really. It almost makes me want to add in what happens between Kagome and Sesshomaru but that would force me to write another ending to the chapter that probably wouldn’t fit so well. Please forgive me. Its still over 4000 words. As always if there are any mistakes let me know.

~ SongMiko