InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Teasing ❯ A branch of Witchs' hazel ( Chapter 11 )

11. A branch of witch's hazel

Sango flexed the muscles in her leg and was glad when she did not feel any kind of stiffness left. "Good, then we soon can get back at hunting those last shards again." She thought and flexed her leg once more just to check if her first hunch was right. She smiled brightly and got up on her feet and began running around like a madman. But she soon found her steering her steps towards the nearest forest. She stretched out and giggled when the wind brushed against her smiling face and she tried to pick up the pace even more. "Gods, this feels so good."

But her movements were being watched by two cold blue eyes. The watcher had been furious when the taijya's mate had killed his master and now was the time for revenge. He moved to keep up with the running prey, and for each step he came closer and closer. "The bitch must pay… she must pay." He ranted the words over and over in his head. He hated the smell of happiness that poured from the black haired woman and he intended to smell quite the opposite….NOW!!

Sango made a high-pitched sound as she crashed down onto the forest floor. Her instincts kicked in and she shielded her face from not brushing against the ground. "What the fuck was that?" she thought and turned around to see what could have caused her to loose her balance, and what she saw made her pale with horror. Then all went black.

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Inuyasha's sensitive ears perked up. He listened very carefully, he had been sure he had heard Sango scream, but now he could not hear a thing.

- I be right back Miroku, said Inuyasha and took off before the monk even could respond to the hanyou's words.

"I am sure I heard her scream, but she is in Kaede-sama's hut isn't she?"he thought and his heart pounded inside his chest. No, something was not right, he could almost touch it.

And his horror came even more evident when he found Kaede's hut to be empty."Shit SANGO!!" He sniffed the air and caught the faint scent of Sango and he followed it. And the stronger her scent got, the more fear he could detect from his mate. His demonic blood took over and he knew he was about to transform, all in order to keep his mate safe.

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He sniffed the air and he smiled evilly. "Good her mate is coming to safe his precious bitch." The creature snarled and looked down onto the taijya's unconscious form. But still, he sniffed the air again. The bastard hanyou had a different scent; he smelled more like a full youkai. "How is that possible? Never mind, he shall pay for what he did to my master. My master must be revenged." His ice blue eyes reverted to the direction the hanyou would soon be barging in from.

Sango groaned and felt a shimmering pain behind her eyes. But she used all her power to override her pain and she opened her eyes to look at a disgusting creature. If anything, she would have guessed it was made from some sort of black goo. "Ok, that is one hell of an ugly youkai. I wonder which compost he was created from." She wished she had used her brain earlier to take some sort of weapon with her, and by the way her head felt right now - a fight with bare hands was not to think about. She moaned a bit when a flash of soul searing pain coursed through her head. The sound from her caught the attention of her attacker and he turned around to look at his catch with a snicker.

- Hmpf, so the little bitch is awake is she? the youkai snarled and turned around. His blue eyes made her froze.

- Who are you? asked Sango and masking the fear and disgust in her voice.

- Your fucking mate killed my master, and I will kill you in front of his eyes as revenge.

- W-who was your master? She needed to know, but somehow, the stench around this youkai seemed familiar to her but she could not quite place it.

- Lord Takeda - the man you slaughtered before my very eyes, said the youkai and lashed out a clawed hand and gripped her neck painfully.

- Arrgghgg…

He smirked and sniffed the air and he filled his lungs with her fear. "Good, the bitch is afraid." He thought and squeezed her a bit harder, but not enough to kill her. Not yet, he wanted the hanyou to watch his precious mate die in front of his eyes.

Inuyasha came crashing into the small clearing and threw his sword away, his demonic blood craved to kill who ever dared to steal and hurt his mate. He saw the gooey youkai strangle Sango, her struggling form made him snarl.

- Oi, goo-head, let her go and I will kill you quickly, he growled and flexed his lengthened claws with a menacing sound.

- Good, the half-breed is here to save his mate, too late. She is going to pay with her life, said the youkai and tightened his grip around Sango's delicate neck.

Sango had troubled breathing now, she could see dark flecks dance around but she could see that Inuyasha had fully reverted to his full youkai form. The purple jagged stripes on his cheeks, the blood red eyes, his long claws and his fangs being a lot longer than in his hanyou-form. "Inuyasha, help me."she begged silently as her consciousness began to leave her.

- Wrong answer asshole, hissed Inuyasha when he felt her cry for help and before anyone even could react; the black gooey youkai was torn to shreds. Black goo was spread across the clearing.

Sango almost passed out as the grip around her neck disappeared and she fell backwards onto the ground. But before she could hit she was caught by gentle arms.

- I-inuyasha, she whispered with strained voice.

- Shhh mate, take it easy… it's ok, you are safe, said Inuyasha and sniffed around her neck but was relieved to find she only had bruised skin and she was not seriously harmed.

She nodded and leaned into his embrace. She was not afraid of him even if he was in this form. He was her mate and he would never harm her.

Inuyasha carried her from the splattered clearing and fetched his sword on the way. Sango watched how his hanyou-blood took over for every step until he was back in his original form again. He sat down, his back against a boulder with Sango in his lap. He smiled and used his claws to nip one odd looking branch from a nearby bush. The curly branches got Sango to smile and that was the only thing he wanted.