InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Sesshoumaru, sit! ❯ Unseen threat ( Chapter 15 )

Unseen threats

 

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---------------------------------------------------- < /div> Amaya's eye was twitching furiously. They had been flying for over an hour, and the sky was turning a pretty shade of pink….like her face. Hers, however, seemed to be more permanent. That damn fairy was killing her, and the fact that Rin could hear it made it all the more devastating. All she talked about were legs. Sesshoumaru's at the top of her list.

`I can never get enough of great legs, did you know? I wonder how his legs look like. I'll bet anything they're gorgeous. Oh, and what about his ass?'

"ARGH! Shut up!" I don't need any more invoked images!

Aneko was on the same shoulder, cross-legged and grinning. The school girl had long before given up on shooing her away. That nasty fairy was putting some nasty thoughts into her nasty receptive head! "I thought fairies were supposed to be sweet…and graceful," she snapped.

`Humph! Are you saying I'm rude and fat?' She sounded mildly irritated.

Amaya rolled her eyes. This lady was too…deadpan sometimes.

"Rin wants to have a fairy, too," the young girl chirped.

The older female was horrified. "Not like this one you don't. Believe me!"

`Now, what did I do to deserve that?!' she whined.

Amaya snorted. "Finally, a reaction."

`Hm. That hunk doesn't show much of anything either but you seem ready enough to pounce on him.' She wiggled, long, winged eyebrows.

The girl sputtered, turning six shades of red. "That's a lie!" I did not!

`Hah! You're so easy!'

Excessive fuming! Dehydration alert! She felt like squishing the stupid insect!

`I'm not an insect, me' dear.'

"Argh! I've had enough of your reading my mind!"

`And a very dirty mind you have.'

Amaya growled. Rin cocked her head, barely understanding anything the two adults were saying. She looked below when Ah-Un snorted and began to descend. "Amaya-sama, we have arrived."

Amaya looked down, attempting to ignore the chattering bug. Her mouth formed a big O, her eyes almost as wide. Below was a mansion that rivaled, if not exceeded, Sesshoumaru's. "Where are we?" the place seemed to have all the colors in the world! Never had she seen anything so big made completely from crystal.

"I don't know, but it's so pretty," the kid answered just as breathlessly.

They landed right in front of gates Amaya thought more suited to be the gates of heaven. They were made of the same multicolored glass.

"Ah!" both females exclaimed.

`Not too shabby,' Aneko remarked warily.

Amaya approached the entrance and faltered when she noticed the demon lord facing it. He stood only inches away, clearly waiting for them to open. She sighed shakily, finding it surprisingly easy to summon all those angry thoughts. She should be furious with him! She should never want to speak with him ever again! But…all she felt was longing…

She jumped when Jaken passed, shaking like a leaf…as usual.

"What's wrong, Jaken?" she frowned.

He looked at her in surprise and then glared, snorting and walking ahead. The girl quirked a brow. Why do I even bother? The doors swung open suddenly and she stifled a yelp. The castle beyond was breathtaking, to say the least. It looked even better up-close.

`Doesn't look good.' Amaya would have snorted in disbelief, but her unusually serious tone stopped her.

"What are you talking…er-?" Achoo! She sniffled and scratched her nose. The fairy looked at her oddly before bursting into laughter. Rin looked on in concern from beside her.

"Amaya-sama?"

"I'm alright," sniffle, "seems like an allergy."

"A-allergy?"

She smiled. "Never mind, Rin. It's noth-ehh-" Achoo! She sniffled in disgust. "How annoying!"

`How do you feel?' The pest giggled.

Amaya looked sideways at her. "My nose itches." She looked up thoughtfully. "I think I'm getting a cold." She saw Jaken walking away even faster and rolled her eyes. She blushed involuntarily when Sesshoumaru stared at her with his narrowed eyes. "What!"

"The master is tired of waiting for you, lazy ningen," Jaken answered for him. Amaya glared and he shrank back. Then she looked at the lord coolly.

"Fine, then. Lead the way," she gestured with her hand to the palace. She looked as uncaring as they came. If he was going to be a cold ass about it, she wasn't going to care. It meant nothing to her that he'd given her…her first kiss…even if it wasn't a shared kiss with someone who actually liked her…so what? People kissed all the time. "People kiss all the time," she blurted aloud and flushed.

He paused in his entry and looked back at her, brow quirked.

"It's true. I'd probably kiss ten other boys by the end of the year," she added as if what she's said earlier hadn't been a slip of the tongue. She heard him snarl and jumped. He was walking ahead when she looked back so she had to hurry to keep up with him. Kiss ten other boys…I'd be lucky if I get enough nerve to kiss just one! `Course he didn't have to know that.

"What is kiss, Amaya-sama?"

The addressed froze and gaped, and felt Sesshoumaru stop ahead. They were just beyond the gate, standing on the grassy front lawn.

"Err…I'll…uh…tell you later. When we're back, OK? Eheh." What else was she supposed to say! She just hoped to the Gods Rin forgot about it. Sesshoumaru looked back at her accusingly and she barely refrained from sticking out her tongue, turning away instead.

"Alright." She held her hand. Amaya stared down at the small limb and sighed. So, who was going to tell her about the birds and the bees when she grew up anyway? Surely not the frog…or his non-speaking master. She smiled at the kid and walked behind the others.

Her nose itched in warning. Not again! She grimaced in an effort to keep the sneeze in. It didn't work. "God, I feel terrible! My nose is starting to hurt," she sniffled. She narrowed her eyes in irritation when Aneko laughed anew, floating off her shoulder and holding her belly.

`Oh, boy! I knew you had it in you but I never expected that! Bwahahaha!'

"You're nuts! What are you blabbering about?" she snapped, itching her nose lightly.

`Kihi!'

Amaya threw her hand up in surrender and marched on, Rin beside her. She didn't notice everyone stopping until she crashed into a hard, broad back. "Oh!" she blinked and stepped back. Sesshoumaru gave her a brief glare. It seemed all he was capable of lately.

They were right at the double doors of the place. She had been so busy with her sneezing and that dumb-ass fairy she didn't realize when they had crossed the long distance to the second entrance. It was time to ask that question.

"Sesshoumaru, where are we?" Then she sneezed. "Erk!"

There was no time for a reply as the doors disappeared all together, revealing a mirror-filled interior. Amaya squinted against the many reflections. Even the floor was covered in them. It was a good thing it was dark, because even with the dim lighting outside, the mirrors hurt her eyes. And her nose was getting worse.

"Lord Sesshoumaru, I am pleased you have come to me on your own," an unidentified male voice crooned.

The school girl looked around in fright, but couldn't find the speaker.

Sesshoumaru stepped forward. "Show yourself," his voice deep, warning. He sounded suddenly suspicious.

"No, no, Lord, I cannot at the moment. You must come to me. I have what you need, after all. Come, and I will be glad to give it to you."

The voice sounded like it was coming from right next to her, but there was no one…No one she could see. She shivered and unconsciously wedged closer to the angry youkai. Sesshoumaru bared his fangs. His fists clenched as he contemplated entering the questionable palace. His scrolls were never wrong. A powerful youkai, with thousands of years of experience in miko spells and curses, lived here, and he was his best chance at ridding himself of the spell.

A large bee-looking insect appeared inside…with no reflection. "My minion will guide you through," the voice said softly.

Making his decision, he nodded. He was strong enough to defeat any demon, if the need arose. Even a thousand-year-old one. "Rin, stay close," he ordered and moved off.

"Yes, Sesshoumaru-sama," she chirped, leading Amaya behind her. The latter wasn't so sure she wanted to go. Her nose was killing her now and she pictured herself cutting it off. But basically, it was the `I have what you need' comment. The guy probably needed a lot of things but she knew getting rid of her was on the top of the list.

The doors slammed behind her!

"Oh!" Stupid, stupid, stupid! How was she supposed to go back when the doors had closed. She always did that! She pondered things for too long, until it was too late to do anything about them. "Ack! By dose!" She scratched at it like a maniac.

`Oh, dear, oh, dear. Not going as well as you'd like, is it?' Aneko asked sympathetically.

"Does anything ever?"

If it weren't for the reflection-less bee they would be lost. It looked like there was a thousand of her at least, and they made her dizzy. Now if you add a thousand Rins, Jakens and Sesshoumarus…that's one stifling crowd.

`Well, be very afraid, honey. I smell evil.' She uncrossed her legs and looked around with an unnervingly serious expression.

"Rin doesn't like it here," the younger girl clung to the her.

"I want to go back," Amaya whispered. "Sesshoumaru, what are you up to?" Her voice was more confident, yet ending with a little wobble. She felt like she was walking the plank.

"Don't worry, woman," he surprised her by saying. His back was still turned to her, but she read clearly the comforting tone, however faint it was.

The lord knew she suspected. She would be a fool not to have figured it out by now, but he had no intention of killing her. At first he pondered the option but concluded that, as irritating and disrespectful as she was, he did not wish her dead. Not anymore.

He chose not to question his decision or reasons for it thereof. She had done many good things during her time with him, and he chose to reward her. For a human…she was not so revolting.

Amaya was shocked. She found herself following him trustingly, and maybe a little longingly. What did that mean? He wasn't going to `dispose' of her, like he always said he wanted to? Or was it that he was luring her into a false sense of security. She doubted that last one. Sesshoumaru never lured. He kicked ass, period. So what…? Achoo! The big sneeze interrupted her thoughts rudely.

"Ung!" she clutched at that part of her face with teary eyes. She could almost sense the lord's eyes on her. She didn't care, her nose hurt too much! "It's killig be!"

`Ok, I'll be with you soon, honey!' Amaya felt Aneko disappear. This was a cause for celebration…! Wait…she was coming back! She sighed mentally; she just knew it was too good to be true.

By the time she raised her head again Sesshoumaru was looking very irritated. "Are you ready, woman?" She nodded grimly and walked close behind.

They went through a maze of hallways, but Amaya didn't notice. She was checking for a nosebleed. The pain was getting really sharp and she was getting worried. She groaned when they stopped suddenly and she went crashing into the familiar back. Sesshoumaru reached back and steadied her…and didn't let go.

"Show yourself."

Amaya stopped struggling for balance long enough to notice the smooth, crystal wall dead in front of them.

"But, lord, there is no need. In a moment you will have what you wish and so will I."

Sesshoumaru's eyes narrowed, then widened.

"Ah, I see you know of what I speak." The speaker cackled frighteningly.

The lord whipped around with a vicious hiss when the arm he held slipped out. Standing next to a startled Rin was a very frightened, very see-through Amaya.

“Sesshoumaru?” she asked uncertainly, her voice hallow.

Sesshoumaru hissed angrily.

Naraku!

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