InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Battle of Heart and Land ❯ She's Mine! ( Chapter 5 )

A/N: Hey everyone, just letting you know that I started to draw stuff for the fanfic. Now, I'm kinda rusty in my drawing skills; so hopefully the more I draw, the more I get them back.

And as always, review please! :)

-MissKatt

The Battle of Heart and Land

By: MissKatt

Chapter Five: She's Mine!

She ground her teeth together and drew her arm back. She then swung with all her might at the dark lord's face, fist lit up with her pink power. The punch hit and Sesshoumaru's head snapped to the side from the force.

Sesshoumaru could not believe it. This girl, this human girl, actually impressed him. Not only had she managed to stay on her feet from every blow he inflicted on her, though he did use a lot less strength than he could have, but she had actually managed to land a blow to his face hard enough to move it. Not to mention she had burned his hand with her blast from earlier. Hmm, perhaps she would be a fair opponent to the Eastern lands.

He slowly moved his head back to look at her. “Are you done with your fit?” She stared at him, aghast clearly painted all over her face.

“M-my fit?! You poisoned me! You blinded me! You attacked me for no reason! I have every right to be mad!” She screeched, hands clenched at her sides.

“Can you not see again?” He asked, raising a brow. She was fine now so he failed to see why she was so upset. He knew she found her hidden power. Hm, the lack of gratitude.

“Yes, but that's not the point! You could have warned me, you know!” She snapped.

“Your voice is annoying me.” He said coolly and looked away.

“My voice is…what? You ass!” She screamed and swung at him again, but this time he caught her wrist. He turned again to look at her.

“I believe once is enough,” She huffed at him and tore her wrist from him. “Now, if you are finished, she would like to speak to you.”

“She? Oh! Inukimi-sama!” She said stood up. She groaned and stumbled, pain surging through her body. He grabbed her arm to sturdy her, but she quickly jerked it away. “I'm-you-I-ARGH! Nevermind!” She growled, unable to form a sentence from her rage. Instead she forced herself to take a deep breath and stalk towards the Lady.

“Ah, Priestess, you have done well! I am very proud to say that you have earned your spot amongst us. Now, go rest. You seem as if you are going to fall over.” Inukimi said and smiled at her. Kagome smiled back and bowed to the Lady.

“Rin-chan, will you show me back?” Kagome asked, looking down at the girl. She nodded and took Kagome's hand before leading her towards the castle.

Inukimi looked at her son as he approached. “You were too kind.” She said with her sly smile. He raised a brow in question.

“Oh?” He asked, not quite understanding her meaning. Was he supposed to be harsh with the priestess?

“Yes, you could have broken all her frail bones on the first blow and yet you decided not to.” She said with a smile still curved on her lips.

“What benefit would she be to us dead?” He failed to see his mother's logic. She told him to test her to draw out her true strength and yet here she was questioning him as to why he did not kill her?

“Then you cured the poison you inflicted on her. Very noble of you to use your saliva to repair her eyes.” She seemed to be taunting him.

“Again, what use would she be blind?” He grew tired of her. Why people continued to remind him of situations he was there for, was beyond his grasp. She then let out a giggle.

“And when she punched you! You showed such reserve! Anyone else would have suffered greatly, am I correct?” She questioned. She liked this Kagome girl. She also liked how she didn't seem to fear her son nor throw herself at him. Perhaps this difference would be good for him.

“I only showed reserve because you want her to fight with us,” He said and narrowed his eyes at her. “I grow bored of this conversation.” He then turned to walk away.

“Of course, but just to let you know you will be teaching her sword play.” She said and laughed at him when she saw his hand clench ever so slightly.

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“Ah, Kagome-sama! Are you alright?” Rin questioned worriedly and her friend stumbled again.

“Yes, Rin-chan, I just need to relax,” Kagome replied quietly. She was in pain. A LOT of pain. She had never felt this sort of pressure before. How had Inuyasha survived all those times? She couldn't imagine how it would feel to take a blow with Sesshoumaru's full strength. Well, she'd probably be broken or dead…or both. She needed a bath, a hot bath. “Is there a bath room?”

“Of course! It is a fresh hot spring!” Rin said happily, leading the older girl down a hall on the first floor. Kagome made a promise to herself to start remembering where they were going and how they were getting there after today. She felt bad being an inconvenience, but the place was just too massive to learn in one day. “Here we go, Kagome-sama!” she slid open the pair of double wooden doors in front of them.

“It's beautiful!” She cheered, almost being able to feel the relaxation already. The room was divided into two different hot springs. They were the same size and not different at all, from what she could tell, but they were just a divided by a rock-stone wall under the water. There were different arrays of plants within the room, giving it an outdoor feel.

“Enjoy, Kagome-sama! I am going to go find Sesshoumaru-sama. Yune-san should be here soon if you need anything!” Rin said in her normal happy tone and slid the doors shut as she left.

“Oh, bye, Rin-chan…” But the girl was already gone. Kagome glanced around to double check that no one was in the room and began to undress in the corner. She left her clothes in a messy pile, too much in pain to be able to bother with folding it, and grabbed two of the silk towels on a shelf. She wrapped one around her and walked towards the furthest spring. She dipped her foot into the water to test it before taking off the towel and slipping all the way in and sitting down on one of the rocks under the water. The familiar goose bumps rose on her flesh and she smiled in content.

“Finally,” She breathed and tilted her head back against the stone ground, loving the feel of the coolness on her neck and head while her body was submerged in the hot water. She felt her muscles begin to contract and relax and let out a deep sigh. She opened her eyes and stared up at the ceiling. There were sakura blossom braches lacing across the ceiling; the little pink flowers were a nice comfort. Every once in a while a petal would fall into the water and when the scent reached her nose, it calmed her further.

She let out another soft sigh and thought back to the battle field. “Sesshoumaru could have killed me, but he didn't. And he could have let me blind, but he fixed my eyes. So was he just trying to push me? What was the reason for that?” She wondered out loud and raised her hand out of the water to study it.

What had that been? The purple tint that mixed in with her miko powers was something she had never seen before. She had her powers magnify before when she was afraid, but nothing like that. And what was up with the light shadows when she was blind? She remembered Sesshoumaru's silver light with specks of gold and purple. His light had her imagining herself standing on a snow capped mountain, watching the sun set, the warm rays falling over her skin; she shuddered inwardly. What was that?

“Stop it, Kagome! Yes, it was pretty, beautiful, actually, BUT he attacked you! But maybe he had a good reason? I did get those new…things. Did he know that was going to happen? Or was he just repaying me for last night? ARGH!” She growled frustratingly and submerged herself under the water. She kept her eyes shut while under the water and rubbed viciously at her face to try and rid herself of all her thoughts and stress. When she ran out of air she emerged out of the water and took a deep breath. She opened her eyes and saw a very shocked Inuyasha on the other side of the same spring. They stared at each other in silence for a while before they both turned a bright shade of red.

“AH! Inuyasha! What are you doing here?! You pervert!” Kagome snapped, slipping further into the water until it reached her chin.

“Me?! What are you doing here?!” He retorted, inching further away from her.

“Bathing! Duh! I was here first! Get out!”

“I didn't know you were here! Why the fuck were you under the water!?” He shouted back.

“Because…I just was! I had a long day!” She yelled, crossing her arms over her chest under the water.

“Keh! You? I was the one fighting all day with a regular sword! The bitch wouldn't let me use Tessaiga because she didn't want me to kill her precious army.” He said, crossing his arms as well. Kagome glared at him.

“I had to fight all day too, Inuyasha. And your brother attacked me!” She huffed and then looked down. She wasn't sure if that was fair to say, especially since she didn't really know if Sesshoumaru's intentions were to actually hurt her or help her.

“Sesshoumaru attacked you?” He asked, suddenly serious. She felt his eyes studying her and became a little nervous.

“Yes, well, kind of. I don't know. He-” She cut herself off when Inuyasha was suddenly in front of her, his hands cupping her face. She had a flash in her mind from when she felt Sesshoumaru cup her face. His hands were soft, really soft actually. Inuyasha's were rough with callouses. She raised her eyes to look into his amber eyes. “Inuyasha?”

“Are you alright? I'll kill that bastard if he hurt you.” He said softly, hair falling over his shoulder as he leaned in closer to examine her.

“Uhh, yeah, I'm okay. Just a few bruises.” She blushed at their closeness. Her blue eyes stared up into his golden ones. What was this? He hadn't been this concerned about her welfare in a long time.

“He should have never put his hands on you. I'm sorry, Kagome.” He moved his face closer to hers. Her breath caught in her throat when she felt him draw nearer. She felt coldness on her chest and realized she had straightened up out of the water again. He had bent over her, his waist and up exposed to her. She saw his abs and `v' lines and closed her eyes, not wanting dirty thoughts to cloud her mind. Her heart skipped a beat before kicking into high gear when she felt his lips brush against hers. She breathed against his lips before inhaling sharply when his lips crushed down on hers. Butterflies danced in her stomach from excitement and longing.

Then it was over.

Wait, what?

He had torn away almost too quickly; leaving her feeling empty and yearning for more. What had just happened? Why was he gone? She finally felt what she had been dying for lately and he just took it all away again.

“Attacked you, huh?” He asked bitterly, now on the other side of the hot spring.

“Huh?” She asked, confused.

“You say Sesshoumaru attacked you. Keh, is that why the scent of his spit is all over you?” His words were clipped, hands clenched into fists.

“What are you talking about?” She was very confused. Why would she smell like Sesshoumaru's spit?

“Don't play stupid!” He barked out. “You're just a dirty wench!” And with that he leaped out of the hot water and left the bathing room with a towel around his waist.

Kagome felt cold and this time it wasn't from the lack of water.

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“Sesshoumaru!” Came the nasty greeting from his half-wit brother. The dark lord raised his head from the paperwork on his desk to glance at his brother.

“A simple hello would have sufficed.” Sesshoumaru said and then looked back down at his papers to continue working. Inuyasha ran over to his brother's desk and tossed it to the side, having it break on impact. “Must you break everything?”

“Shut up!” He growled and grabbed Sesshoumaru by his kimono top. The true inuyoukai quickly changed the situation and grabbed Inuyasha by the throat and pinned him against the wall.

“Do not try to attack me in my home, little brother,” he said darkly, tightening his grip, causing the hanyou to choke.

“Don't patronize me! So you invite me here to steal Kagome?” He choked out, clawing at his brother's wrist. Sesshoumaru kept his grip. Steal his girl? His human? “Your scent was all over her!” Ah, now he understood. Perhaps he might find fun in playing with his brother's emotions.

“Hm,” he said and relaxed his grip on Inuyasha's neck. “Perhaps she finally realizes a hanyou offers her nothing.”

“W-what?! You bastard! She's mine!”

“Oh really? I fail to find her bond mate mark,” Sesshoumaru was enjoying this quite a bit. “And you have not lain with her yet.”

“S-so what?” He stammered. He was very aware that he hadn't made any move towards Kagome.

“You have had enough time. Five years since you have been free of your prison and she was the one who released you. So you have had five years with the human and still have done nothing. She is in her prime human years. It is time someone else stepped in.” His brother just stared at him with a dumb founded expression. Was this really happening?

“So you're telling me you're going to take a human as a mate?”

“She is a very powerful human. A Priestess to be exact.” Sesshoumaru was not exactly lying. He believed the girl was powerful; for a human. He released Inuyasha and walked towards the exit of his study. “Take heed, Inuyasha.” Was all he said before leaving the room.

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