InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Prisoner of War ❯ Kira ( Chapter 2 )

Prisoner of War

By Maja

Part 2: Secret

Sesshomaru's P.O.V

I glared into the flames of the campfire. It made no sense at all. Youkai do not care for other's young unless they are blood related, especially hired killers. I recognized the boy's cloth for that of an assassin's and it had surprised me to find him protecting Rin, instead of feeding off her. I glanced back at Rin to see her fast asleep, oblivion to what had happened. She trust in my protections was so great, she knew I would protect her no matter the cost. However, she needed to be taught, educated. She needed to know what was alright to do and what was not. She needed to know how to read and write, how to behave as the princess she now was. She needed a mother. This thought brought a growl to my throat. What female youkai would accept an human stepdaughter as her own. The moment I would leave Rin with any bitch would be the day she would die for a second time. No, a mother for her would prove most difficult. I rose from my spot.

"My Lord?" Jaken glance at me questionably.

"I'm going to bathe," I told rather then answered. "Watch over Rin. Be sure she does not sleep too close to the flames." The waterfall was not far from our site. I need to be near Rin when she bathed incase danger was near, but still not in view so that she had privacy. I was surprised however by what I saw sitting near the waterfall when I reached it.

Despite his black ink clothing, the full silver moon shinned brightly in the sky and illuminated his form and hair in it's misty light. I could hear him swear darkly as he tugged on the thorn. He still had not gotten rid of the thing? My thoughts where forgotten as quickly as they had come when his whimpering reached my ears and the sound of the thorn being pulled out. He whimpered like a female, high, quick, and continuously. I watched him place his foot under the water to clear the wound before removing his bandanna from his face the cover it. I blinked in surprise. He was a she!

I couldn't believe how stupid I was! Not only did I not check to see if anyone was near by, but I chose the waterfall to cleanse my wound. I may be able to resisted the Trap's venom, but not it's scent, so I never heard Sesshomaru sneak up behind me, until his arms encircled my chest, trapping my arms to my side. I snarled and clawed at him, but when he grabbed my ankle I screamed to the moon. My struggle subsided.

"You are a bitch?" He sounded so surprised. Good, he was supposed to believe that. Female assassin's are a deadly breed, one of their own, and much more affective then a male one. "Who are you?"

"Fuck you!" I snarled. I'm a killer, not an idiot! He threw me on my stomach using his weight to hold my still. He then grabbed my injured foot and slowly, he sank two of his long claws deep into the pained fresh and spread them apart. I cried out a wolfish howl. "Shit!"

"Answer me, bitch!" He growled, glancing over his shoulder to my face. I remained silent.

I admired her stubbornness. When I felt her try and free her arms, I tightened my legs around her waist pinning them down. Tears of pain and hate made a slow journey down her face as she glared at me. I would have laughed, but instead smile.

"Kill me," Was her only reply. I blinked. "I said `kill me' damn it! Let this be over with so I may join my people in Valhalla," She turned her face away from me.

"You truly wish to die?" I asked only to gain a nod. "For what reasons?"

"A dead wolf is better then a tamed one," She answered. So young and so willing to die. "Go on, and let it be done with,"

"No," I felt her stiffen as a growl emerged from her throat. "You are my prisoner of War. Not to mention you saved Rin,"

"Is she your slave?" The question was direction and simple. "The child?"

"No, she is my daughter,"

"Good," She replied. "Then I will not need to send you to Hel's gates,"

`Hel?' I looked surprised at her. `She's from the Northern Lands, A Northman, or woman in this case,'

"Why do you care?" I inquired. "you are youkai…"

"Do not compare me with those foul creatures!" She barked madly. "They murdered my people without warning or consent. They raped my mother and slaughtered my siblings,"

"So you do not care that she is human?"

"Human, Demon, or halfing," She replied quietly looking deep in my eyes. "A child is a child. Nothing more and nothing less. You should know this yourself,"

Seems I found a use for the bitch after all.

"Your name, wolf?" I demanded and this time she yielded to it.

"Kira," She answered bitterly. "Kira of the White Wolf Clan,"