InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Not Titled ❯ Chapter 9

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]
A/N: Hey it’s EdwardKagome again, with another chapter, but that’s good right? Anyway here you go! Enjoy! Oh this might be the last chapter or second to last but no more than two I think!

Chapter nine:

Sesshomaru walked through camp that night, Kagome was gone, he had no one to be with. He saw Claudius sitting around a small fire with a few men. Sesshomaru walked over and the men quickly made a seat for him, honored he would sit with him. “Claudius.” Sesshomaru said staring at the fire.
“Sesshomaru.” Claudius sighed. “Had a nice meeting with Naraku, the man wants to ring your neck when you sleep.”
“Good I don’t sleep very much, not that he’d be able to anyway.” Sesshomaru said throwing a pebble he picked up into the fire.
“Pream took his body?” Claudius asked watching the stone in the fire.
“Yes.” Sesshomaru said a little annoyance slipping into his throat.
“The girl too?” Claudius smiled, but didn’t let Sesshomaru see, he’d ring his neck. The other men sitting with them were quiet pretending like they were busy, but glanced up listening to them.
“She is his daughter.” Sesshomaru almost growled out.
“Ohh... touch subject?” Claudius joked chuckling, but he other men didn’t dare laugh at the great Sesshomaru, they knew Sesshomaru and Claudius were friends and had been for a long time.
“Do you enjoy provoking me?” Sesshomaru sighed.
“Yes, as long as you don’t kill me I think I’ll keep doing it.” Claudius laughed. “Sorry old friend. It seemed like you really cared for the girl, I was surprised to see her ride out of here with her father on a chariot.”
“I don’t care for anyone, but my brother, who is now dead.” Sesshomaru said boredly as he threw another stone in the fire.
“My apologies... well we all know she cared for you.”
“How do you mean?” Sesshomaru asked glancing at his friend, with slight amusement to his eyes before staring back at the fire.
“Well... at least at night... I think her father in behind his high walls could hear her moans of pleasure.” Claudius laughed as the men couldn’t hold back their chuckles. Sesshomaru lightly grinned at this pushing his friend off his log he was sitting on making him fall on his back. Claudius smiled up to his friend as Sesshomaru stood over him.
“I can’t help that all women love when I fuck them, especially loud princesses.” Sesshomaru chuckled as he pulled his friend to his feet and then walked off towards his hut. The men around the fire laughed for a few more minutes, glad that Sesshomaru was in such good spirits. Claudius sat back on his log and watched as one of the men carved a wooden horse. Things quieted down, but still her watched.
“That’s good.” He commented to the man and the man smiled at him.
“Thanks, for my boy back home.” The man said getting back to his carving, it then realized to Claudius how they could get in their walls.
~~~~Next morning.
Sesshomaru woke to the sounds of men’s orders being yelled back and forth, he looked around his hut, tying to remember where he was, still on Tokyo. He looked to the side of him on the bed expecting to see Kagome, but hen remembered as he saw the empty bed that she left last night. He got up and got dressed stepping out of his hut watching as the soldiers were taking apart boats and stacking their pieces in a big pile that Claudius was staring at.
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Claudius watched the men stack the wood in a large pile. He heard someone step close behind him, then he heard Naraku whisper in his ear. “Claudius, you have found a way for the sheep to invite the wolves for dinner.” He chuckled and walked away. Claudius watched Naraku walk away and watched as Sesshomaru came to stand by him looking around.
“What are they doing?” He asked.
“Savaging wood for the plan.”
“And what is the plan?” Sesshomaru asked turning to face him. Claudius peered at his emotionless face with a sigh and started to explain.
“Last night after you left I watched a man carve a horse for his son.”
“So?”
“And I got the idea since we have eleven days left where all we can do is sit around, why not make the Tokyans think we’ve left while we offer a present to the gods for forgiveness?”
“That is what the plan is?” Sesshomaru asked with sarcasm.
“No, we make them think that, while we have as many men as we can hide inside a giant horse, the present, and they pull it to the great temple inside the walls and we wait until night when everyone is asleep then we climb out and the troops will be ready by the gates, and we let them in while they are asleep and take Tokyo and we can all go home.” Claudius sighed. “So what do you think.”
“I think you are a fool.... but a smart fool.” Sesshomaru said clapping a hand on his shoulder and walking away.
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Kagome woke late that day still on the floor next to her door, she got up and dressed, but not in her usual princess attire, only virgins are allowed to wear those, no she put on a light sky blue robe that tied at the shoulders and dipped down in the front, showing a small amount of cleavage. She left her room in search of her father, she found him in the throne room with her mother. She quietly walked towards them, and stepped up to her mother’s throne. She lightly kissed her mother’s forehead as her mother kissed each of her cheeks. She then stepped down and bowed before her father’s throne as he peered down at her. “I am sorry for my dishonor father, but I can’t become high priestess. I am no longer pure, I know it is a great dishonor to bed before marriage, especially after one’s vowed to never lose their purity. So I will happily end my life if you say so.” She bowed her head to the floor. It was often customary to take your life if you cause your family and friends and those around you great disrespect and loss of honor.
“Stand my child.” Her father barely whispered and she did, no tears, just blank eyes that stared into her father’s hurt ones. “Souta told me this last night. And since then I have done much thinking.” He paused to meet his wife’s gaze as he grasped her hand in his. They then both looked back at their daughter. “With Hector gone, and his son not even a year, Kikyo’s detitlement as Hector slain her husband who dare fight against her own family. And her betrayal, Souta’s immaturity, and lack of courage, we have decided to choose none for air to the throne.”
“Will you choose outside the family, then?” Kagome asked, confused. Who would they choose then.
“No... Your mother and I wish and hope that..... you... would take the throne and rule in our place. You have never done us wrong, except this one time, which doesn’t count. You can’t help who you fall in love with, if this war has shown anyone anything I hope it has shown that. So this evening as we name you our air and swear you into the role of Queen, we hope you can do a better job than we have in our lives. Even though the people will know you are Queen, we must not let the Japanese know, incase they get in the city walls, as long as you are alive and refuse to give up the throne they can’t rule Tokyo.”
Kagome nodded her head, tears she swore she wouldn’t ever shed again falling from her eyes. She hugged both her parents as the sent her off with servants to prepare for tonight.
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Sesshomaru and Claudius watched as the soldiers took apart the last ship that they would need for the horse. “Who all will be in the horse?” Sesshomaru asked.
“A few kings, me, and I was hoping you.” Claudius said not taking his eyes off of the men.
“Of course.” Sesshomaru said, then started back to his hut, their sitting by it a few yards away on a log was Midoris. Sesshomaru went and sat down next to him. “Forgive me Midoris, I should have never struck you.”
“Of coarse my lord. I hope not to disappoint you again.”
“No, it is I who have been the disappointment.” Sesshomaru sighed looking out at the ocean. “Ready the boat, take the men home in the morning.” Sesshomaru said standing up, he could tell Midoris wanted to stay and fight with him, but he wouldn’t allow another of his men die over this stupid war. “Quiet Midoris, this is the last order I give you.” Sesshomaru said clapping him on the back and then walking away to his hut, to wait out another eleven days. But was stopped when he heard Midoris yell to his back.
“Fighting with and for you has been my life’s honor my Lord!”
“As was mine with you.” Sesshomaru gave a small bow with his head and then finished the way to his hut.
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The ceremony was shorter than she thought, she said what they told her to say the crowned her which she removed later that night as she sat in the high throne where her father usually sat, and watched her brother and Helen dance. She apologies to them before the ceremony, she was a little harsh, and she loved her brother, and she would tolerate Helen, for now at least. She as the new queen had to stay for the whole celebration very late into the night until the sun was just making the tiniest light as it started to rise, did everyone finally leave. She didn’t feel any different, except people stood when she did, and sat when she did. Ezmerelda left after the ceremony still in deep mourning for her husband. They all missed him, and Kagome felt guilty watching as people celebrated because of her right after he just died, still in his mourning days. The next ten days passed quickly, too quickly.
A rider came on the twelfth day, saying the Japanese had gone, so as being the queen, she her father and brother rode down to the beach and sure enough the ships were gone, and there stood a giant wooden horse. Many men, dead men laid around on the beach, with brown patches all over there bodies. The high priest and his seconds insisted they come, and she didn’t want to tell her old masters no.
“Plague, my Lady.” One said, they weren’t suppose to talk to her outside of the city walls like a queen yet, but must have thought it’s ok now that the Japanese gone. Kagome covered her nose from the stench of the dead with her sleeve, while chanting a quick prayer for them. She kneeled at one of them about to close his still open lifeless eyes, but was jerked back by a priest.
“No my queen we can’t have you catching the plague.” She jerked her arm away from his grasp standing to glare at him.
“I can care for my own well being. Thank you high priest you just worry about yours, a priest hasn’t been exiticuted in many year, you don’t wish to end that tradition do you?!” She hissed.
“Settle down girl.” Her father scolded.
“I am settled, why is everyone so worried about me, I am the queen I worry about you not he other way around!” She yelled at them stomping back to her horse, jumping on, kicking hard and galloping back to the city.
“She’s too young to lead.” A priest hissed.
“Careful Priest, that is my daughter and the ruler of Tokyo you are talking about.” Pream glared. peered up at the giant horse.
“What should we do about this horse?” A second priest asked.
“It’s a gift to the gods, for forgiveness and a safe voyage home.” The high priest mumbled, but made sure everyone heard him.
“I say we burn it.” Prince Souta said glaring at it.
“It’s a gift to the gods, boy.” The priest hissed. “I say we take it to the high temple. But since the queen isn’t here it’s up to the former King.”
“Father... burn it.” Souta said to his father as his dad peered up at it.
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Sesshomaru were in the front part of the horse breathing slowly, making sure not to move as they listened to Kagome yell at the priest and ride off. The each had a very small peak hole, them being the ones in charge of the horse, and everyone in it, the other kings coward out, not wanting to be in such a same place with common soldiers. Why are they calling her queen they both thought, but couldn’t talk, not wanting to give the plan away, hoping to the gods they didn’t take the young prince’s advice.
“No... take it to the temple.” Pream said as he waked back to his horse and trotted off towards the city, the priests running to their horses to catch up as Souta stood another minute to curse his father’s stupidity and glare one last time up at the horse.
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Kagome was startled as she heard the large gates open from her castle, she ran to the overlook to see the giant horse halfway through the door her father riding ahead of it. “What the hell?” She cursed as she picked up her dress to run down the stairs to meet her father in the streets as people gathered celebrating the victory of the Japanese’s cowardice. She ran in front of her father as the horse was rolled past him and into the town square to set it there for the celebration. “Father what is this?!” She hissed but smiled at a few passer byers as to not draw attention as her father dismounted.
“It’s a gift to the gods, and we are celebrating the victory.” Her father motioning to the happy dancing people.
“What if it’s not father?” She said her arm hooked into her father’s as he lead her to the front of the celebration in front of the great horse. She wore a fake smile as to not worry her people.
“Girl, do not worry so much, they have left, there was no ships, no Japanese, gone, enjoy the celebration. In your honor daughter.” He father waved to the crowd with his free hand as he nudged her to do the same. The crowd hushed to hear their new queen speak He father pushed her forward to stand underneath the horse’s nose, in front of the chest, where Sesshomaru and Claudius hide, watching her.
“WE CELEBRATE TODAY THE VICTORY OF OUR LANDS AND THEIR IMPENDING SAFETY!” The crowd cheered for a minute, but quieted back down as she held up her hands. “MY FATHER TOLD ME TO ENJOY THIS CELEBRATION IN MY HONOR, BUT I SAID NO!” The crowd’s spirits dropped a little afraid they wouldn’t be allowed to celebrate. “I SAY... WE CELEBRATE IN THE HONOR OF THOSE LOVED ONES WE LOST, SO DRINK AND EAT YOUR FILL FOR TONIGHT OUR WALLS STILL STAND!” The crowd went into a up roar.
Sesshomaru smirked at the woman he cared for, he wouldn’t deny he had feelings for the girl, seeing her rule and be strong made him turned on, but he couldn’t do anything, right now he had to concentrate on being silent and wait until tonight t get her out of the city and to safety before Naraku got to her. He was confused why people kept calling her queen. They wouldn’t have a female ruler, would they. He glanced at Claudius who was watching her too. Then peered back down at the girl who changed him so much.
She walked back very close to the horse where her father stood, if only they knew that a few feet above them was Sesshomaru. “I hope you are happy, this horse will be the end of us, and if it is father, I want hesitate to have you thrown out of the city, I love you, but I will do what is needed to be done.” She faked smiled through this whole thing not to worry the people.
“Calm. My daughter, this is good for the people and the country.” She then walked away and up the steps into the castle where the royal family lived.
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Souta and Helen watched from the castle over look of the city. “Look at them, you’d think their prince never died.” Souta hissed as he turned to look at his love when she caressed his face with her hand and they stared into each other’s eyes.
“You are their prince now... make your brother proud.” He kissed her lightly on the mouth, but were interrupted when a furious Kagome stomped passed the over look. Souta smiled at this. So horse didn’t want to horse either, smart queen.


A/N: That was a long stupid chapter I know, but next chapter has a lot of action. And I’m sp tired and dizzy I’ve been writing all day! I might have lied sorry at the beginning of this chapter, there might be two more, shouldn’t be anymore. When I started writing this I thought at the most there’s b ten, but only estimated about six or seven so there you go, but I think these chapters are pretty long. This chapter had a lot of stuff that wasn’t in the movie or story a lot from me, and I think this chapter is the worst out of all of them again sorry. Review if there’s any comments or questions or ideas for a title, even though it’s about to end!