InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Sesshoumaru, sit! ❯ Betrayal? ( Chapter 16 )

Betrayal

 

Oh, my, I got so many beautiful reviews! I'm not used to this! You're all too nice! -bawls- and I dared to be late! I'm so sorry! -bows- and of course, a special thanx to Kyonarai and Delu! You two are so dear to me!

 

People, thank you for all those reviews. I'm dieing of happiness at the moment -glomps reviewers-

 

 

Review replies:

 

parsnip: Wow, thanx! You're one of the rare ones, I tell you…you didn't send any armies of any kind to punish me for that cliffie -wipes sweaty brow in relief- but I probably shouldn't push my luck anyway, eh? -giggle- Hahahaha! I wouldn't want to lose too many reviewers so I'll make as many cliffiliss chapters as possible. Bwahahaha! What a funny image, reviewers jumping off cliffies…hmmm…allergic to evil…

 

Kyonarai: Haaaay! Hihihihi! I should totally read your fic! Expect a review soon! No worries, he won't steal Rin…yet _evil snicker- at least I'm not planning on it right now, I don't know. Maybe later -snicker- ahhh yes, funny torture, my FAVORITE! I definitely should read that fic!

 

Fox_Inu_Koorime: -bawls with joy- thank you SO much, I loved your review. It really brightened my day! Bwahahahahahaha! Sessy in a kitty suit! Kihihihihahahaha! Oh, man, I think my stomach is cramping!

 

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Kangabee: Oooh, thanx -starry eyes- I loved your review, it's awesome! -re-reads cool review and squeals- Ah, yes, like them as a couple too…but then I made `em. There should defenitly be another love scene in the future or my name isn't Biggest anime fan 3…that's a really long name…maybe I should change it…

 

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Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha.

 

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Kami: God.

 

Ningen: Human.

 

Kazaana: Wind tunnel.

 

Taiyoukai: Demon lord.

 

Taijiya: Demon exterminator.

 

Onna: Woman.

 

Hiraikotsu: Sango's giant boomerang.

 

Baka: Idiot.

 

Houshi: Monk.

 

Hanyou: Half demon.

 

Youkai: demon.

 

Miko: Priestess.

 

Kitsune: Fox.

 

-baba: for elders.

 

-San: Mr., Mrs., and Miss, Sir or madam.

 

-Sama: used for those better in status. (Like a lord)

 

Neko: Cat.

 

 

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Recap from last chapter: 

"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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CHAPTER 16:

 

Kagome was playing with Shippo and Inuyasha was sitting in a corner, yawning, when Miroku barged in. And he was looking more furious than any monk should. He stopped in front of the young miko.

 

“Kagome, I don't know what to do! I can't help interfering, but it doesn't seem to help. She will drive me mad!” He plopped down next to her ungracefully.

 

“Miroku-sama, what happened?!” She straightened in alarm.

 

“I…I asked her to be my wife,” he said, his tone low.

 

“Eeh?” everyone, even Inuyasha, exclaimed.

 

“Yes. I think she's punishing me.” He looked grim.

 

“Miroku, please, calm down.” the girl said in concern, patting his hand comfortingly. The monk had never been this shaken before. Everyone was so used to his calm it was disturbing seeing him any other way.

 

“She said yes.”

 

“Yes?!” everyone exclaimed.

 

Inuyasha was up, standing behind the monk. “Then what the hell are you so upset about?!” he growled.

 

Miroku bound up, too, facing the hanyou, anger surfacing suddenly. “I wasn't,” he scowled. “Not until she groped the fucking flower merchant again!”

 

Everyone gaped in horror.

 

“Ah! The houshi is talking like Inuyasha!” Shippo didn't seem to know whether to cry or faint.

 

Kagome knew what she wanted. She wanted to cry. It took her forever to convince Inuyasha to bring the obscenities down. Who knows what hearing one of his favorite word would do to him!

 

“What the hell?!” the hanyou cried.

 

“Damn it!”

 

“Inuyasha! Miroku! Calm down!”

 

This was going to kill her.

 

Sango sauntered in then, eyes wide. “Is Inuyasha cursing again?” The two men were screaming at each other. “W-what's going on?” She blinked at the never-before-occurred scene.

 

The school girl ran to her. “He's not the only one. Sango, what happened? Miroku's swearing,” she whispered anxiously.

 

“Oh! He…is? Well, I don't know.” She shrugged in confusion. “He proposed-” she blushed, “and I accepted.”

 

“I know.” She scratched her temple with a forefinger. “Then you groped a guy. But why?” She would have congratulated the couple but the circumstances weren't exactly…right; Inuyasha and Miroku were yelling insults at one another, and Sango looked a little too pleased for someone who had just been unfaithful…right in front of her future spouse.

 

The taijiya stared at her friend for a moment, then sighed. “Miroku said he couldn't promise that he'd stop flirting with other girls. So why should I stop?” she ended angrily.

 

Kagome grimaced. She had a point. It was a bizarre sort of right, but she was…If he didn't stop, she didn't have to either. At least he had no right to tell her to.

 

“Besides, didn't you notice, Kagome-chan?” Her eyes sparkled for the first time in days.

 

“What?” she asked, curiosity getting the best of her.

 

“Since we arrived, he hasn't touched a single other female.”

 

Kagome blinked, mouth forming an O. “Oh, you're right! How could I have missed it? He was too busy looking out for you.” She smirked at the revelation, looking like the she-devil most women were said to be. “Is that why you're doing all this? To keep him from the others?”

 

Sango chuckled. “Partly. I also wanted him to understand how I felt, and suffer a bit. I was afraid he wouldn't care,” she smiled softly. “I'm happy he does. It gives me hope.”

 

The hanyou and the monk were still at it, Inuyasha yelling something about perverted houshis who make a big deal out of everything, and Miroku retaliating with a calmly spoken: at-leat-no-one-sits-me remark that had Inuyasha boiling over. They began to scuffle, dust rising. Kagome gaped, shaking her head slowly.

 

“My gosh. This is the freakiest thing I've seen in a while. Miroku in a fistfight.”

 

She turned when Sango giggled. “He swore, did you say?” She looked happy about it.

 

“Sango, you scare me sometimes.”

 

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“Sesshoumaru,” she breathed, her voice a mere echo, fingers outstretched towards him, her body becoming less visible with every passing second.

 

The lord gave a sharp snarl and tried reaching for her. But he wasn't even close to touching her outstretched palm when she vanished all together. He pulled his hand back slowly, battling down his rising panic and fury. “Naraku!” he roared, facing the smooth wall in a swift motion. Rin darted to him and clutched his loose sleeve tightly, her big brown eyes fearful and confused.

 

The evil laughter ricocheted off the hundreds of mirrors surrounding them, and a man-like figure in a baboon suit materialized where Amaya had once been. Sesshoumaru turned to him, claws stretched and glowing their eerie green threateningly.

 

“It took her quite a while to start succumbing to the spell. Quite the strong one, she is.” The puppet cackled evilly. “Waiting for the appropriate moment was worthwhile.”

 

He sounded like he had planned this for some time, and the lord frowned, suppressing the urge to tear the thing apart. “Explain yourself,” he said, his tone harsh.

 

“Where would you like me to begin?” he complied. “It is already too late for you to try saving her, therefore it would not be harmful to me if you knew.”

 

He grit his teeth clenched angrily at the thought of the Halfling thinking he would bother with a human. “I do not care what happens to her. Start from the beginning.” He felt Rin's gasp and his lips pressed. He could not risk his reputation any more than he had. Hiding the fact that he had a human child in his presence was hard enough, and it was damaging to him, even with the few that had found out. His reputation was at risk. If any of the great demon lords knew he had a human woman with him, they would take it as a weakness on his part, just like they did with his father, and he did not want to deal with the many battles that would ensue as a result…Just like they had in his father's time.

 

If a little peace meant leaving the woman behind, he would do it. Rin would have to understand. The fact that he did not wish to do so was all the more reason to. No woman will have such a control over his emotions. Not demon or human. At any rate, he was confident this unexplainable effect would vanish as soon the necklace did.

 

“Tell me everything.”

 

“Certainly. But know that I will break the spell for you as a sign of my appreciation. Bringing the threat to me is worth the reward. I will even let you leave afterwards unobstructed,” he laughed again.

 

The threat? His facial expression might as well have been carved from stone, but his mind was working furiously. The closest thing to a threat Naraku ever had was the undead priestess, Kikyou. His human half was in love with her, and love was a weakness to any demon looking for power. The fact that the miko wanted him dead was what made her so dangerous, since the hanyou could not bring himself to kill her.

 

What was the woman, Amaya, to him then, so that she would be dangerous? She seemed nothing more than a weak, troublesome, disrespectful human. She had no powers to speak of, and he knew she would not stand a chance against the evil demon.

 

He pushed the acute sense of dread, and most importantly, the strong urge to protect, away. What happened to the woman was not his concern. He had not intended for her to be taken, but she had, and he refused to bother with her. If she survived whatever awaited her it would be through her own efforts, not his.

 

“My minions sensed the woman's identity when she arrived. I had planned on taking her soon after but before I knew it, she was with you. I figured she would not stay for long, but then there was the subjugation spell.”

 

“Identity?” he drawled evenly, his sense of dread heightening.

 

“Oh, that does not matter now.” Sesshoumaru wished to insist on that piece of information but held back. What did it matter indeed? “I have a great supply of patience, you see, and knew I would get her sooner or later. I also realized you would search for a cure, and with your follower's help, slipped my scroll into your collection.”

 

Jaken cringed when his lord gave him a deadly glare. “H-he said he would brake the s-spell, master. And get rid of the ningen as well,” he shivered.

 

“He was not so easy to convince, if it makes you feel any better, lord Sesshoumaru. You should be thanking him, however. He did get you what you wanted after all.”

 

Sesshoumaru gave the frog a stare of deadly promise and turned to the puppet. “Continue.”

 

“The scroll you read about the wealthy, powerful demon was a farce, of course.” He chuckled suddenly. “I was quite creative with the details, if I may say so myself. At any rate, it was all to draw you here, and now I have her.”

 

Sesshoumaru felt himself bristling. And his being duped was not the only cause. For reasons unknown to even himself, he felt possessive of the woman. He had literally fought to keep her at his side, and as time passed, that place seemed the most appropriate; she always made an effort to make herself comfortable around him, if her constant presence and interference was any indication. It was irritating, and almost endearing. He was surprised to find that he had gotten used to that. To her.

 

It was time to undo the damage.

 

“Remove the spell.” It was not a request.

 

Without pause, the puppet's hand stretched out and made a small arc, swooping from left to right a few times before falling back to it's owner's side. Sesshoumaru's entire body clenched as the beads shone a bright blood red. He expected to dive into the mirror below, but it never happened. Seconds later the glow faded.

 

“It is done, Lord. The necklace will disintegrate on its own in three days.” The puppet smirked from under the hood. “Enjoy.”

 

The words had not yet finished coming out of the puppet's quirked mouth before it, and the rest of the surroundings, vanished into thin air…very much like Amaya had.

 

Sesshoumaru, Rin, Jaken, and a nearby Ah-Un stood in the middle of a very undisturbed, grassy clearing. The lord stared ahead blankly, unconsciously caressing the round, useless object around his neck. He tried to feel the satisfaction he was certain he would have when he succeeded, yet it eluded him…but soon it would come. When this cursed object disappeared completely.

 

Like that hellcat.

 

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It took some time and effort to pry the scuffling males apart, but half an hour later, everyone was sitting at the table on the ground, sipping tea. The monk was sulking, giving Sango brief, grim glances before glaring at the opposite wall. In turn, the taijiya peeked at him with a clear sense of déjà vu. She used to do that a lot, she recalled, barely suppressing a smirk. Her heart was singing and she felt like dancing around the room. It was about time she got his un-perverted attention.

 

The innkeeper's son entered, and Sango nearly swooned when Miroku growled at him. Oh, my! That was about the nicest thing she'd heard this week. At first the boy didn't notice and resumed wishing the guests an enjoyable stay. He walked to Sango, smiling flirtatiously. Miroku glared at him so hard the poor young man jumped back. When he tried talking to her the monk grabbed his nearby staff in a threatening move. The guy practically ran out. Miroku resumed glowering at the innocent wall, looking a lot like Inuyahsa.

 

Sango couldn't take it anymore. She stood and yanked him up with her. He grunted in surprise, helplessly dragged outside. “I would like to talk to you, houshi-sama.”

 

“What was that about?” Shippo watched them disappear.

 

“Kagome?! I know that grin. What's going on?” the hanyou barked.

 

The look she gave him was so filled with innocence he became even more suspicious. “I'm sure I don't know what you mean.”

 

He rolled his eyes and snorted, his arms folded. “Women.” He glared when she chuckled.

 

In the narrow hall, a certain someone was shoved against the fragile wall. “Stop scaring away the men, Miroku,” she scowled at his shocked face. “How am I supposed to stay angry with you when you're acting so possessive.”

 

“Sango, I don't care what discomfort this might cause you.” He tried reasoning with her, his calm tone returning automatically. “I'm going to protect you from…what?!” he gasped when she grabbed his face in her hands and brought it down to hers.

 

Frozen in place, he felt her soft lips gliding shyly over his. Kami… He let his staff clutter to the ground and clutched her waist instead, returning her embrace slowly, experimentally. He didn't want her to pull away just yet. Being the pervert that he was he had always imagined how it would feel to have her in his arms, but reality was a thousand folds more intense. He tilted her head the littlest bit to deepen their embrace and she gasped, tensing momentarily before her arms went around his neck. Kami…she feels wonderful.

 

“What the fuck are you two doing?!” a startled voice interrupted.

 

Both guilty parties untangled instantly, panting lightly and looking everywhere but at each other. At least Sango did. Miroku was gaping at her. He could not believe that she had been the one to make that kind of first move.

 

“Inuyasha, please! Stop with the filthy language!” Kagome was blushing almost as deeply as her friends were. That hanyou had insisted on checking on them. She didn't want to interfere, but had not expected the scene that greeted them when they left the room.

 

Inuyasha walked over to them, grabbing Miroku's nape and dragging him out of the inn forcefully. The monk was still too stunned at the passionate incident to struggle. Kagome smiled at the fidgeting Sango brightly. “How about another cup of tea?”

 

Outside, a disgruntled inu-hanyou threw the monk into a freezing river. “That should cool you down, perverted houshi!” he barked and headed back.

 

Miroku submerged with a gasp at the shocking cold, sputtering and pulling himself out, shaking like a leaf. By the time he stood he was grinning, his monk-y mood back.

 

“She is mine.” His tone was deep and certain. He would have sounded sexy as hell, too, if his teeth weren't chattering so hard.

 

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Oh, Sango! You've gone crazy! I hate tea…Sessy is being a jerk, I think. I also think Inuyasha is a bit too sensitive about seeing two people making out, don't you? Maybe he's feeling left out. O_o perverted side emerging…Watch out everyone!

  

 

I know the chap isn't too long, but it's not short, either. Anyway, I thought I should stop there. No evil cliffies here…actually there is isn't there? n_n; I hope it wasn't too disappointing. I don't like giving any hints whatsoever, so, you'll have to wait for the next chap, or the one after that to have your questions answered…depends on the question : > Ok, then, next chap shouldn't be as late as this one was -sighs- though I'm afraid something might happen to make it so…like another stinking mood thing! But I'll try to finish quickly!

 

Review and any bad mood will be cured!!!!