InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Slaves to Fate ❯ The Return (June 8, 2006) ( Chapter 5 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

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Chapter Five
The Return

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She awoke to an insistent poking in her back and a comfortable warmth that engulfed her like a smooth blanket. She moved to try to get up but a vice like grip held her in place. A grunt was heard as the warmth shifted, bringing what Kagome thought to be a leg, over around her waist.

She tried again but was met with a more agitated grunt. She tried to remember how she ended here and with who, but her memory came up blank. She slowly started to ease her way out of the person’s grip, careful to not disturb whoever it was.

When she had wiggled free, she looked at her company and paled. In the bed with an irritated look on his beautiful face was Lord Kaname, dressed in, as far as she could see, absolutely nothing. Kagome gaped at what she had done.

‘Did I sleep with him?! Oh god, I’m only twenty and I just slept with a complete stranger!’ she thought it about and a part of her said it was about time, so she went with the ‘I’m not married yet and I don’t love or know him’ excuse.

She slowly backed away from the bed, but being the klutz that she was, tripped over a large pillow and landed on the floor with a squeal of surprise. This woke Lord Kaname up immediately and in seconds he had his pants on and was staring down at her.

She smiled warily and looked away, too embarrassed to talk. When Lord Kaname saw who it was, his quickly picked her up bridal style and carried her back to the bed, with little to no protest from Kagome.
Kagome was surprised at the sudden invasion of her personal space, but didn’t mind because it was Lord Kaname. She couldn’t help but feel awkwardly attracted to him, who couldn’t, but she also felt that there was something strange about him also.

‘It’s as though he’s too good to be true. It’s like he’s almost too charming, too polite, too handsome. But then again, why am I complaining? I just slept with a gorgeous demon lord who obviously is interested in me.’ But a little nagging voice in the back of her head ruined her happiness by reminding her of one tiny little complication. She could be pregnant.

“Good morning Kagome-sama did you sleep well?” asked Kaname as he sat down beside her.

“Um, yeah I slept alright but I have a question.” she said as she fidgeted under his gaze. “Did we... um.... you know.... sleep together?” she asked as a blush crept onto her face.

He chuckled that deep tone she loved and said,”No, no we did not. You fell asleep while in my room last night and since your room is all the way on the other side of the palace, I just let you rest in my bed. I am sorry if I startled you by being with you in bed while you slept, my intentions were pure and honorable I assure you,” he said while bowing his head.

She looked at him and sighed a breath of relief that she hadn’t slept with him, though the idea didn’t seem that bad. “Arigato my lord. I should leave so I can prepare for breakfast.” said Kagome as she shuffled out of the door.

Kaname sat there on the bed grinning like a cat at how well his plan was working. She would slowly fall in love with him and would be his by the end of the festival. And thanks to the potion he had given her, she couldn’t disobey him.

Breakfast had passed without much activity. Rin had come and bombarded her with a million questions and she had met Amari, but other than that it was rather dull. After she had been excused, she headed for the training dojo.

When Inuyasha left her, she found that the village held too many sad memories and reminders of what she had lost, so she decided to travel the lands and giver her aid to those who needed it. In her travels she had acquired many skills, particularly in the fields of combat and weaponry.

~*~She had become a master with the spear, staff, and various other weapons. Though she was skilled with the other weapons, she had completely mastered and dominated the art of fighting with two swords.

When she was under the apprenticeship of Rihatsu-sensei, he had taught her in weapons and many varieties of martial arts. When he had seen that she was exceptionally skilled with two swords he trained her ten times harder.

Once he thought she was worthy enough, he summoned masters from all over the land to spar with her. She defeated them all in a matter of hours. She was the perfect combination of grace, speed, and power. A lethal and unstoppable combination.~*~
She entered the dojo and gasped. There was a whole wall filled with weapons from all around the world. The dojo itself was about the size of fifteen of her bedrooms and very well furnished.

She slipped out of the kimono she put on and revealed the demon slayer’s outfit that Sango had given her a while back. It was identical to Sango’s except that hers was in a purple color. It fit her like a second skin and allowed her move with more agility than her miko garbs.

She walked over to the wall and picked up a pair of twin katanas and started to warm up by doing the katas Rihatsu-sensei had taught her. Once she had a thin sheen of sweat covering her body, she moved on to the more rigorous moves.

After an uneventful breakfast, Sesshomaru decided he needed to relieve his pent up stress and rage. His meeting with Kagome and his situation with Kaname and Amari only made things worse on top of all the preparations he had to make for the festival.

He always went o spar in his dojo when he was fed up with the world and all of its problems and today was no different. He went to his room and put on his training kimono and headed for the dojo.

As he neared it, his keen hearing picked up panting and occasional grunts from inside. He wondered who would be in the dojo at this hour in the morning. He peered into the doorway and his breath hitched.

Striking and jumping with almost unmatchable power and grace was Kagome, in a rather tight fitting outfit that revealed almost every dip, curve, and rise of her body. He looked on and decided that she was quite good for a human.

‘She is quite skilled for a ningen and a woman at that. She must be very passionate if she didn’t even notice me approach.’ he thought as she performed a particularly difficult and complicated technique with perfect precision.

Stealthily as possible, which didn’t require much on his part, he crept up behind her with Tokijin drawn. When she spun around, he stepped in and parried her attack. She screamed at his sudden intrusion and lost her balance, falling on her butt.

She looked up at who had interrupted her and gasped. Staring back down at her with cold, piercing amber eyes was Sesshomaru in a black and silver training kimono. Tokijin unsheathed and ready for battle.

“Yes Lord Seshomaru, do you require something of me?” she said in a bored tone.
“Yes, you see I have a dilemma.”
“A dilemma? Hm, I see and how may I help you with it?”

“I seek a worthy opponent to help this Sesshomaru relieve his stress and tension. No one in the castle is strong enough and you are the only one I deem worthy.”

Kagome blushed, despite herself, at the praise.”Arigato Sesshomaru-sama I would be honored to be your sparing partner.”

“Then let us begin.”

With that, Sesshomaru launched himself at Kagome who twisted away and slashed using one of her swords, cutting Sesshomaru’s wrist. Sesshoamru twirled and brought down his blade only to be blocked by Kagome’s own. He shoved off from her then using his demonic speed, rushed back and caught her off guard, slicing through her outfit and into her side, crating sizeable hole in the fabric.

Kagome then jumped and landed behind him thrusting toward his back, but Seshomaru was too quick and ducked. He then brought his blade up and made an arc and swiftly brought it down, aiming for her left shoulder. His aim was true and Kagome let out a cry of pain and surprise.

She quickly leapt out of the way of another attack and leapt above him, swinging her swords in a complicated bur precise action managing to create three slashes on his shoulder and one on his cheek.



After what seemed like hours, Sesshoamru had pinned Kagome down with Tokijin raised to her neck. Kagome made a gesture of surrender, but he did not let up. Instead he moved the bulk of his body weight against her, effectively pinning her down even more.

His breaths came in pants and he was covered in blood and sweat, but to her he was beautiful. She inhaled his scent of thunderstorms, or what she thought smelled like thunderstorms, and sighed against his neck. He shivered and quickly got off her.

She was covered in cuts, bruises, and sweat; her outfit was in shreds leaving very large amounts of her body uncovered. Those areas were calling to him to touch but he refrained remembering that she was only a human.

He turned on his heel and left without saying a word. Kagome was furious and she would not stand for his arrogant behavior. “Sesshomaru, where do you think you’re going?!” she yelled.

“Seshomaru glanced over his shoulder and snorted,”This Sesshomaru is not required to explain himself to a mere human.” he said icily.

“You are such a jerk! How can you just act like what happened was nothing? How can you just pretend that one day I exist and the next I’m just a fleeting shadow in your life?”

He didn’t reply and just kept on walking, leaving Kagome on the verge of tears. She sank to her knees and let the scalding tears run down her face, not caring anymore. Her emotions were in turmoil.

‘What did I do? First I fell in love with Inuyasha only to have my heart broken. Now I think I might feel something for Sesshomaru, but he acts as if nothing happened. Then there’s Lord Kaname, I don’t exactly know what I feel towards him but there is something there.

I don’t know what to feel anymore. Even though he’s chosen Kikyo, I cant help but feel guilty when Kaname or Sesshomaru give me attention. It’s as though when he left, he took my heart with him and now I cant feel anything anymore.’ she thought sadly as he started toward the palace, dragging her feet in despair.

They stood in a circle, fires licking at their souls, as they waited. They stood in a circle, souls of the dead all around them, wishing to return to the physical realm once more, as they slowly started to rise from the hot pit. They floated in a circle as the gates opened up and they ascended into the light of the living world, their bodies slowly materializing.

They stood in a circle as they breathed their first breaths in years, except for one who didn’t need to breath at all. They moved and tested their limbs as they took their first steps. One stretched his wings that glimmered in the sunlight, the antennae on his forehead twitching to the slightest vibration.

One waited patiently as her mirror slowly pieced itself back together in her hands, an evil smirk marring her celestial features. Sakura petals lazily floated around her, accentuating her beauty. She shied away from the sun, retreating to the shade of a nearby tree, sitting down and resting her head against the trunk.

Another shook out his emerald green hair the shone in the late afternoon sun his all black eyes glittering with malice. He stood at and even seven feet in height towering above most humans and demons alike. His almost white skin seemed to glow with evil as he flexed his claws, satisfied when he heard the knuckles crack. He admired how his appearance hadn’t changed since he was last among the living.

The flesh-less one floated toward the one with green hair and connected itself to his right wrist. It glowed a reddish color before setting back to cold silver.

“Kaguya, Menomaru, Sounga, I am pleased that you’ve decided to help me. I assure you it was in your best interest to do so.” said Yokoshima.

“I would hope so but may I ask when your plan will be taken into action, for I have something I need to search for,” said Kaguya as she yawned in a bored fashion.

“Yes I would like to know if I could depart for a bit so I could gather my reinforcements,” said Menomaru as his started to hover above the ground, itching to get back to China so he could make his preparations.

“Ah you may go now for I will need time to gather followers and resources. I will send for you when your presences are required,” replied Yokoshima as he disappeared in a ball of dark energy.

“We must go to th forest of Edo, it is there that the key to our success lies,” said Sounga.

Yokoshima merely inclined his head and headed in the specified direction, bent on going to any lengths to seem his revenge.





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they’ve come back finally, I didn’t explain how they came back cut I want to leave an air of mystery but details on how they did will be told soon.

R&R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ja ne! ^___^