InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Sesshoumaru, sit! ❯ Grope and Run ( Chapter 18 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

 

Recap from last chapter:

 

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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CHAPTER 18:

 

After a long time of battling over-grown spiders, the pesky youkai fell back, content to simply block the intruders' path, seemingly waiting for something. Kagome convinced Inuyasha not to slash them to bits and wait for inuyoukai to come out instead -as he was bound to.

 

“No reason to kill them for doing their job. We're not trying to take over the castle,” she reasoned calmly.

 

So there he was, tapping a foot impatiently and staring at a bunch of bugs. “Kagome, why don't I just get rid of them so we can go in-”

 

“No. He'll come.”

 

“But I'm sick of waiting. It's not like he deserves the consideration!”

 

“Learn some patience!” she swung a finger at him.

 

“Damn it! I don't have to listen to you. My plan is better than this waiting shit! We go in now!” He feh'ed.

 

Kagome looked at him coolly. “Sit.”

  

Miroku, Sango, and a transformed Kirara sighed behind them.

 

The inu-hanyou was too busy cursing and dusting himself to notice the taiyoukai exit the large double doors and walk towards them. But Sango saw him immediately.

 

“Lord Sesshoumaru!”

 

Everyone looked up at him as he stopped several feet away. He waved his hand once and his spiders dispersed. “Why are you here?”

 

Kagome stepped forward before Inuyasha could stop her. “Sesshoumaru-sama! I trusted you to protect her!” she cried.

 

The lord growled menacingly, stiffening. “Your trust means nothing to me. I gave you no promises, human.” He didn't tell her that he hadn't planned for Amaya to be taken, or particularly wanted it. Even now, the urge to track down the cowardly half-demon and take her back was almost too strong.

 

All he needed was for those three days to be over.

 

“We had an unspoken agreement,” she whispered, shaking her head at the hanyou when he tried to intervene. She stared at him with determination, giving her I-know-I'm-right-and-you-know-it-too stance. “How could you leave her with that monster? I never would have expected you would do something so low.”

 

“Silence.” He was seething inwardly. How dare she criticize him!? And she was a fool, thinking that he would feel any obligation to protect that woman!

 

I think you're actually warm hearted and caring.

 

His eyes pulsed once as the memory came unbidden and he snarled. “Blame the miko hag,” he drawled menacingly.

 

“Kaede-bachan would never do anything to hurt any of us!” Sango cried in defense, reflexively reaching for her hiraikotsu.

 

Miroku stilled her with a hand at her shoulder. “Can you tell us where Naraku took Amaya-san?” he asked evenly, his face almost grim.

 

Sesshoumaru snorted. “I did not stay long enough to learn his next destination,” he answered, his tone incredulous.

 

“Coward! Ran away too fast, eh? I knew you were nothing but show! I bet you couldn't have protected her if you tried!” Inuyasha spat.

 

One second, he was standing close to the castle doors, and before the next one ticked by, he was in front of the hanyou. Inuyasha jumped back with his arms crossed in front of his face, escaping the sudden attack with four deep gashes across both of them. “Bastard!” he hissed, the blood from his wound dripping onto the ground.

 

“Inuyasha!” Kagome hadn't taken one step toward him when he charged his brother. “No, Inuyasha, stop!”

 

Sesshoumaru blurred away and the younger brother punched thin air, crashing face-first into the ground immediately after. The lord stood above him, hand still poised in the air from his recent blow.

 

“Insolent half-breed. You think you can defeat me?” he drawled mockingly.

 

Inuyasha rose onto his elbows unsteadily, spitting blood. He looked back and up at his brother, hate clear in his amber eyes. “I've done it before, and I can do it again.” He leapt up and unsheathed his sword.

 

Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes angrily, readying for another attack.

 

“Enough!” Kagome stepped between them, her anger palpable. Her arms raised and legs braced, she glared at them both.

 

“Kagome, you idiot!” Inuyasha stepped next to her immediately but she moved in front of him. “Get out of the way. You want to get killed!?” He clutched her upper arm.

 

She didn't move. “That's enough, both of you! This isn't about your stupid disagreement!”

 

“Disagreement!” Inuyasha growled and she turned her angry glare on him.

 

“This is about Amaya's life!” She was facing the taiyoukai again. He snorted and stepped back, ready to leave. “Sesshoumaru-sama, you have no idea what you did when you handed her to him.”

 

He whipped around to show her narrowed eyes. “He took her. I merely did not retrieve the woman. And what I do is no one's concern.” Once more, he could not believe he had just explained himself.

 

“It is, when you mess with the life of my friend!” she cried angrily. Inuyasha stood beside her, giving the lord a deadly stare.

 

Sesshoumaru turned back to her, more than willing to blow her tiny, offensive hide away with an attack from his sword. But she hadn't lowered her arms, and she reminded him of the hellcat…The day she tried to stop him from leaving his room when he was still recovering.

 

You keep giving me hell!

 

Indeed. He had given her to hell in the end. Never mind that he had not done it willingly; he'd allowed it. The young miko had a right to be angry with him, but of course that did not mean he would tolerate it.

 

Inuyasha saw the threatening change in the lord and shoved Kagome behind him, brandishing Tetsusaiga.

 

“And what is it that I have done?” he asked uncaringly, almost mockingly. Whatever the circumstances, he had enough power to destroy any foe, and could face them easily. It was why he'd not cared much about what Naraku said…But maybe he should have been more careful. He did not want to face any unnecessary trouble…

 

Bringing the threat to me is worth the reward.

 

My minions sensed the woman's power when she arrived.

 

“He's going to make her his mate, and then when they have a child…he'll devour it and its mother for their power.”

 

“What are you saying, you fool?” Sesshoumaru snarled, frozen in shock.

 

“Mate, impregnate, and devour. Both of them!” Inuyasha clarified harshly. “And you let it happen, bastard!”

 

“That might be possible if she weren't from the future,” the demon lord said calmly.

 

“She has powerful demon blood in her. But it's dormant, and will only be released if she marries a demon or a half demon,” Kagome explained patiently. “It's been foretold a child would be born from a human woman with demon blood, and he, or she, will be the most powerful being that ever existed. Amaya fits the bill. She will be the mother. And Naraku is going to make sure the prophecy comes true, and then suck up the child and her both so he has all the power and nothing to worry about.” The young miko was shaking, hard. “She's a threat to his existence. His power. But she'd also a means to empower him if he captures her.”

 

Bringing the threat to me is worth the reward.

 

“No human woman has such a power.” His tone was laced with concealed rage, eyes aflame. She cannot be…

 

But why else would she be any kind of threat to that filthy hanyou…?

 

“This is not my concern,” he said coolly, turning away and heading back inside.

   

Kagome's jaw dropped in shock. “But…you're the only one who can help us. The only one who can infiltrate any barrier Naraku might put up and…get her back. Won't you-?”

 

“No,” he answered. He was panting lightly and Kagome stared. He regained his composure quickly, though, and she wondered if she'd imagined his moment of conflict. “She is not my concern any longer,” he added calmly. “Get off my lands.” With that he left the group and marched inside, the doors banging in their faces.

 

It seemed she wasn't the only one to notice his change of attitude, because everyone was staring at the door strangely. Even Inuyasha was huffing in disbelief, his earlier threat to `kick the bastard's ass' forgotten. “What did your friend do to him!?” He folded his arms and glared at her. “He's more fucked-up than usual.”

 

“What do you mean?” she asked after a while, bristling. “What could she do to him!?” She glared when he snorted. “She has a temper, but she's also the most soft-hearted person I know.”

 

Inuyasha shrugged as Miroku and Sango came to stand beside him.

 

“What now?” Sango asked carefully. “Myouga said-”

 

“Doesn't matter what the flea said,” the hanyou spat. “We don't need that whacked-out bastard!” he pulled up his sleeves and withdrew Tetsusaiga. “So I can kick his ass now, show him who can beat who,” he snarled, recalling his original plan.

 

“Sit,” Kagome breathed.

 

“Arrgh!”

 

“This is no time for your family dispute.” She rubbed her temples tiredly.

 

“Hphe's phnut family!” He rose to glare up at her, spitting dirt. “And if he's not gonna' do what he's supposed to, I get to-”

 

“Sit.”

 

“Ungh!”

 

Miroku sighed with a small smile. “I believe we underestimate the lord.”

 

“What do you mean?”

 

The monk smiled at the taijiya knowingly. “I don't believe he would be able to leave things as they are. He will do something.”

 

“And what makes you-”Inuyasha spit out another mouthful of ground, “say that, monk?” the grimacing hanyou asked, wiping his face and glaring at the cause of his distress.

 

The houshi gave a deep chuckle. “It is in his countenance.”

 

Kagome looked hopeful, but unsure. “I don't understand.”

 

“I believe he has some feelings for your friend. Just like our dear hanyou friend has feelings for you. And we all know how stubborn they both are,” he said, chuckling.

 

The couple turned bright red. Inuyasha huffed, matching his haori perfectly. “What are you getting at, houshi! Sesshoumaru doesn't feel.”

 

“Well, I'm not so sure about that, Inuyasha. We'll see in the future. Right now we need to find Naraku as soon as possible,” he said more seriously. “We can contemplate Sesshoumaru-sama's capacity to feel later.”

 

“Feh! Just don't talk to me about it. I'm pretty sure he's hopeless.”

 

“I hope you're right, Miroku,” whispered Kagome. About everything, she thought, looking dejectedly at a certain hanyou.

“Whatever. So we go after Naraku now. Hop on, Kagome,” he ordered, turning. She shrugged and complied, while Miroku leapt onto Kirara and waiting for Sango to get in front.

 

“You think they'll be all right?” asked the exterminator, standing beside him.

 

Miroku glanced at her with a smile. “Indeed.” He shielded his eyes and looked over at the disappearing couple. “Inuyasha's dense as a rock most of the time, but I have a feeling things will be looking up s-Oon!” His eyes were wide as saucers, and he sat up stiff as a rod. He let out a choked sound, one eye twitching as he stared at the exterminator in disbelief.

 

The culprit stared at him innocently, her guilty hands clasped in front of her. “What?”

 

Kirara gave a growl that sounded suspiciously like a laugh.

 

 

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To Be Continued…

 

 

Ooooh, Sango's still a pervert.Hihi! …I still love you, Sessyyyy! Hey, did you expect a bigger fight? Well, in the right circumstances, it can happen.

 

 

Was the nose-power thing confusing? And being in Miroku's Kazana, too? Hey, no one ever said what was in there exactly so I just made a use for it -sheepish grin-

 

R&R! Thank you all. I hope it was ok.