InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Sesshoumaru, sit! ❯ Whoda' thunk! ( Chapter 17 )

Whoda' Thunk

 

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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:

 

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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CHAPTER 17:

 

It was past midnight when they entered the western castle's gates. Rin was sleeping soundly on the dragon, whimpering softly. She hadn't understood why her new friend had disappeared so suddenly. Jaken made a lame excuse about the woman not being able to stay any longer, and the only reason she ceased crying was because Sesshoumaru had asked her to, quietly and gently as always. She stopped immediately, sniffling and smiling up at him adoringly.

 

Her enthusiasm and gay attitude helped soften the uncharacteristic heaviness he was feeling but did not wish to contemplate. Rin was lead to her chambers while he headed for the one place that gave him peace when he was at the palace…the library.

 

He passed by a vanity mirror on his way, stopping to look more closely at the fading color of the beads.

 

“Red is one of my favorite colors.”

 

He snorted, his eyes narrowed. The last thing he needed was a memory of one of her nonsensical chatter. And the woman had supplied him with an endless river of them.

 

“You know what I think?” He was lying on the bed, repressing the urge to rub his hand across his face. The woman never missed an opportunity to tell him what she thought of him, most comments not very flattering.

 

“I think you're actually warm hearted and caring-”she said, ignoring his glare. “And you don't want to be.” She was smiling sweetly at him. “I think you don't really know what's in your heart because you try to hide your feelings so hard.” He gave her another deadly stare and drawled out for her to get out, adding that she was an ignorant woman with the brains of a sheep. He never usually let himself argue this long with her, but the angry sputtering she let out was worth it.

 

He snapped out of his reverie only to find an amused smirk in front of him. It disappeared quickly enough, replace by a distant, cold mask. The beads would disappear soon, and so would the unwelcome feelings of…affection he had developed for the human.

 

The only reason he could put a name to the disease was because he recognized the feeling with Rin. But with his ward it was not so confusing. And the Lord of the west hated nothing more than the frustration of confusion.

 

He snorted. The beads will disintegrate, and he will return to his old self. He would stop forgiving her for her repetitive insults, forwardness and lack of humility. It was about time she learned who the true master of the castle was.

 

With a start he realized what he had just done. Unconsciously assuming she would return…maybe managing once more to force her tiny, irritating self into his room in the morning…

 

With an almost crazed chuckle, he pulled his fist back.

 

He walked on to the library, ignoring the recently shattered pieces of glass.

 

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Kagome jerked awake, screaming. Inuyasha, perched on the tree opposite the window of her room, woke immediately and jumped through the opening. It didn't take him long to figure out it was a nightmare and not an actual threat. She was sitting upright on her futon and shivering.

 

He walked over to her and wrapped her in his arms from behind, whispering comfortingly into her ear and waiting for her shivers and sobs to subside.

 

“It's not another history pop-quiz nightmare, is it?” he growled when she quieted.

 

“N-no” she burrowed closer, and the hanyou's brows rose. She was more disturbed by the dream for it to be about history.

 

“Math test?”

 

She glared back at him. “I don't always have nightmares about school, baka!”

 

“Feh! I don't know why you even bother with it. You seem smart enough to me.” He rubbed his nose against her hair unconsciously.

 

“Just because I'm smarter than you doesn't mean I should stop studying.” She chuckled when she felt his glower.

 

“So what was it this time?” he asked grumpily, letting her completely untrue comment slide.

 

Kagome was solemn again. “It was about Amaya…” she moved out of his embrace and faced him. “In my dream, Naraku was right there with her.”

 

He frowned at her reappearing tears. “Kagome, it was just a dream.”

 

She sat back and shook her head slowly. “It felt like…a vision.” She gazed back into his startled eyes. “They were drenched in blood.”

 

Miroku and Sango barged in then, sleepy and ready to kick butt. When they saw the hanyou they relaxed, noticing one another for the first time. Sango blushed and Miroku cleared his throat.

 

“Kagome-chan, are you alright?”

 

“Yes, Sango,” she smiled weakly. “And no, it wasn't a dream about school.”

 

“Oh, good. Wouldn't want you to go through that…again,” Miroku yawned.

 

Kagome glared. She thought test nightmares were pretty scary. Maybe she'd give them a math test and see how they liked it! She sighed. “We have to get Amaya from Lord Sesshoumaru. Now!”

 

A few hours later, as the sun was coming up, the five travelers were packed and ready to move. Miroku assured the inn-keeper that the evil presence was gone before they began their journey. The monk -not to mention everyone else in the gang- was appalled at the number and variety of males that came out that early to say goodbye to the taijiya. Men, young and old, lined the street, every single one of them glaring heatedly at the houshi, the one that kept popping out of nowhere when they were alone with the lovely exterminator.

 

On their way they met Myouga, Inuyasha's cowardly, old flea demon friend. He had some very disappointing and surprising news.

 

“He did what! No! We had a deal! He wouldn't!” the miko cried, her nightmare flashing through her mind.

 

But of course he did. Lord Sesshoumaru had left their friend in the hands of Naraku.

 

“Oh, God,” Kagome gasped, on the verge of gagging. “My dream!” She broke into tears, stifling her sobs on Sango's shoulder. Inuyasha watched her with growing fury.

 

“That bastard! I'll kill him!”

 

“That wouldn't be very wise, lord Inuyasha. Amaya-sama is not what you think. You need the Lord if you want to have any chance of bringing her back.”

 

“Myouga, stop with the ominous talk! Tell us everything!” Kagome broke away from the taijiya, face red and swollen. “What is she? Is she dead?!”

 

“I'm sorry, Kagome-sama. I don't know if she lives. But if she does, you need to get her from Naraku. And as to what she is…Well, she's-”

 

“Spit it out!” growled Inuyasha. He knew that wench was trouble. This whole shitty situation was getting shittier by the minute. Kagome should have had the sense to throw the damn girl back to her own time!

 

“Lord Inuyasha, It's a bit complicated, and strange. I sensed her presence some time ago, and clearly, so has Naraku. Explaining it will take a while.”

 

“Then hurry it up!” The hanyou glared at the flea on his shoulder.

 

Amaya's relation with the great lord was a riddle from the very first. And now this. Things were getting too confusing, and if that old flea didn't clear things up for them soon they were going to explode. At least Inuyasha was.

 

What Myouga told them could put a Sesshoumaru himself in shock.

 

Amaya was a descendant demons. Not a demon, demons. It also seemed that any child born of her could easily rule the feudal era with its power. But only if she were to mate with a demon, unlocking the door to the dormant demon powers her child would possess.

 

The fact was Naraku was not the only powerful being seeking her demise. But he was among the few that sensed that faint, near invisible youki that thrummed through her veins, too much like human blood. Only those looking to find the distinct difference would actually do so.

 

And Naraku had been looking for it.

 

Sesshoumaru was the only one powerful enough to get through Naraku, and Kaede, it seemed, had known it and shackled them up together. But if Kagome's dream was a sign of things that have happened rather than the near future, they were too late.

 

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`Wake up.'

 

Amaya rolled over to her side with a groan.

 

`Wake up, idiot!'

 

She put one hand over an exposed ear and tried to go back to sleep.

 

`Wake up already!'

 

“Hummumble."

 

`Wha'? Alright, you leave me no choice…Let's see…There's a spider in your hair!'

 

She bolted upright. “What!” she squeaked, eyes half open, mouth gaping in startled confusion.

 

`Nothing. I was just trying to get you up.'

 

The girl hissed angrily, rubbing her eyes. “I'm going to kill you one day!”

 

`Bah! You should thank me for bothering to come along.' The tiny creature scratched the inside of one pointy ear with a finger, sitting Indian style in midair.

 

“What are you talking ab…bout?” She gazed around her with horror. Wherever she was, she suspected it was a big void.

 

She looked under her. She was sitting on a not-so-spacious black square….in the middle of an endless black limbo! The only reason she could see the edges was because the faint glow emanating from her fairy friend bound off the shiny surface. Aneko was probably the only reason she could see at all!

 

`This is no time for fear. That Naraku has plans for you, and I'm here to help….you, I mean. He doesn't know I'm around, of course. Demons can't sense us fairies if we don't want them to.' She smirked smugly.

 

“Th-thanks. For once, I'm glad you're around.” She would have had a heart attack if she had woken up alone. She was terrified of the dark, and this was the worst sort. Where am I?

 

Aneko shrugged. “That guy knows you're afraid of the dark, so he sent you here. But,' she waved a plumb arm around. `There is a way for you to get back into your own dimension.'

 

“What! We're in a different dimension!”

 

`Don't freak!' the fairy warned irritably.

 

“What do you mean?! Where the hell am I?”

 

`You're panicking,' she said, tone bored.

 

“Of course I'm panicking! I'minadifferentfreakingworld!”

 

`Ahem. We're actually in an air void…a kazaana. I think the monk's.'

 

“I-I-I…Miroku? Bloody hell!”

 

Aneko chuckled. `That's pretty creative.'

 

Amaya was on the verge of hyperventilation. If she really was inside the kazana, then all those icky, scary monsters Kagome told her he sucked in were around somewhere. She squeaked at the thought.

 

I want out of here!

 

`To get that, you've got to use that nose of yours.'

 

Amaya glared in her direction. “Don't you mean-?”

 

`No, you heard right. N-O-S-E. Use your nose. That's the key. It got you in here, it can get you out.' She yawned.

 

“I…my nose…” She tapped in once with a forefinger. It didn't hurt anymore. But what did it have to do with anything? “I don't think I understand.”

 

`Ok.' The fairy straightened from her relaxed pose and flew closer to the girl's face. `Usually I torture people with riddles but you have no time. You obviously don't know how that evil guy got you here.'

 

Well, duh!

 

`Naraku used your own nose against you. He tapped into the power hidden inside you and got you here. To counter that, try to make it itch and imagine where you want to be.'

 

“Uh…” She blinked. “What?”

 

` Naraku put the kazaana curse on the monk, right? Well, he uses it as a sort of exile. He can banish demons or people there if he likes.' She swung her finger. `But only if the persons he wants to banish have the power to teleport themselves and don't know about it. Just like you.'

 

Aneko sighed when she read the school girl's confusion. `It means that he borrows this power and transfers the persons to wherever it is he wants them to be. And since they don't know they can get themselves back they'll be stuck.' She waved. `The ability to teleport oneself is very rare, and very few know they can do it. It's that hard to spot. Most people who find out about it do so by accident.' Aneko snorted. `You're lucky I'm here. You haven't got a clue!'

 

Amaya blinked again, mouth forming an O. “Are you saying…I can…teleport myself!” She burst out laughing.

 

`Correct!' Aneko frowned. `I know it sounds ridiculous, but you've got to try to use it. You see, you kind of…turn the power on through your nose.'

 

Amaya stifled the sounds of mirth with difficulty, shaking her head. “This is about the dumbest joke you've pulled on me yet. My nose? Ha!” She snorted. “I suppose all I have to do is wrinkle it like a bunny, and voila! I'm home free.”

 

`Hm…you're more hysterical than disbelieving. There's no need for all that panic, you're wasting time,' she stated matter-of-factly, her seriousness evident.

 

The girl wiped her tears, sighing. “I don't know what's going on, or why this is happening to me…I never did. But I'm just a regular person…though from the future. The point is, I can't do what you're saying.” She laughed humorlessly. “I just want to go home…not do some…magic tricks!” she spat the last word. She knew she was being pathetic, but…she kinda' expected Sesshoumaru to save her butt. After all it was his fault! The cad!

 

I swear, when I get back I'm going to kill him!

 

`Ah, ya' poor thing,' the fairy said with real sympathy. `Look, deary, Kagome is a miko. The fact that she's 500 years away from any `magical' time didn't stop that, and it sure didn't stop you.'

 

“Oh, please don't tell me you're saying what I think you are!” She paled.

 

`No, it's not what you think. You're no miko…er, I'll explain that later. Anyway, your ancestors were full of demons, and some mikos. That's what got you here.'

 

Amaya's jaw dropped. “Get outta' here! H-how do you know all that! Ab-about me…and…”

 

`Honey, I'm a fairy. I've been to more places, and times, than you can imagine.' She leaned forward. `I'm much older than I look.' She chuckled before her serious look was back in place. `Fate, my dear, is unexplainable. It's why you're here, I'm guessing. Now,' she grinned mischievously at the flabbergasted female. `How about we make you itch?'

 

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Sesshoumaru was sitting in his usual armchair, recently having picked out a book to entertain himself with. But it didn't serve its purpose for long; it was one of the volumes Amaya had read to him only a few days ago.

 

He slammed the object shut, and with barely a flick of his wrist, hurled it across the room. It crashed into the opposite bookcase and slid to the floor, several other volumes following.

 

Ever since he had left her, a faint, yet distinct sense of danger kept buzzing through him. A leftover effect from the bead necklace no doubt. He was tired of it all. And the last thing he wanted was another reminder of that pest's existence.

 

“Get out here, bastard!”

 

Sesshoumaru had a strong urge to sigh. He knew they were coming the moment they crossed his barrier. His youkai have failed to stop them from bothering him…again. He was going to destroy the useless beings as soon as he got rid of the unwanted guests.

 

“Useless Halfling.”

 

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To Be Continued…

 

 

This chapter wasn't too long, I know. But it was a TOUGH one!

 

I also think it was relatively boring, but it needed to be done. And this doesn't count as a cliffie to me…but I think many would disagree. I just decided it was a good place to stop. Started with Sessy, ended with Sessy! Eheh!

 

Next chap coming soon -wink- R&R wonderful people!!!!!!!!