InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Centre ❯ Shattered ( Chapter 6 )

Rin was panting heavily. There was a gash in her leg and several broken ribs were making breathing increasingly painful. He stood there, totally impassive.

"Sesshoumaru-sama," she called softly. "It's me, Rin. Your Rin."

Darkness. Pain. Blood. Human blood….my blood? NO! Kill the human. But…smells….familiar….

Rin pushed off the floor as she saw the telltale sign of Sesshoumaru's attack. His poisoned claws melted a small hole in the wall she'd been sitting in front of mere moments before. Rolling away she managed to kick out at him, sending him to a knee. Not that it hurt him. If anything he seemed bored.

Scent…mine? No, blood. Human blood. Like all the others. But how does she know how I will move? And fear…no fear from this one. Why is she not afraid?

Rin watched a moment of thought cross the expressionless face. Sesshoumaru was in there somewhere, but he wasn't coming out. There was only one way she could bring him out.

Sesshoumaru watched as the female before him flopped down on the floor, stretching out and making whimpering sounds like a puppy in total submission to the alpha male. He approached slowly, cautious as to the change in behavior. Pups who were unruly acted thus. She was small enough to be a pup, but the look and smell were all wrong. He cocked his head to one side, confused.

Pup? No, human…but human knows how pups act. Human is acting like a pup. Accept submission or kill…?

Rin continued, inching her painful back along the floor so she was under him, begging for his attention. He dropped to all fours and she reached out to nuzzle under his chin, asking for acceptance. Her whimpers begged, pleaded.

Remember me, Sesshoumaru-sama. Remember your little Rin. Harmless Rin.

Rin waiting as his head bent down, a gentle lick upon her cheek as the acceptance. Then he turned away. PERFECT!

Sesshoumaru roared in anger as the submissive puppy suddenly sprang up, sinking teeth into the back of HIS neck! He desperately tried to fling it off….but the tiny creature held on to the submissive hold, legs wrapping around his torso to keep his arms and claws at bay. This female, this human female was forcing him to submit.

"We have a serious problem," Kagura told Kanna. "Go get Naraku!"

Sesshoumaru's howl suddenly changed and all alarms went off in the Centre.

Inuyasha's ears picked up on the howl. Sesshoumaru was not sounding happy. Suddenly the lights went out completely and they were left in the dark.

"Inuyasha?" Kagome called out tentatively. He could smell her intoxicating scent. It was driving him nuts without the collar dampening the effect.

Father had once said he would know his mate by her smell. It would crawl under his skin and capture him. He was unable to think of anything else. He wanted it on him, on his bed, on his clothes, on his children. As long as he was there, he wanted her scent. He wanted to be surrounded by the scent and never have it leave. Father was right. He knew she was the woman for him, for life. He would never leave her side, no matter what. He would go where she bade him, do what she asked of him and give her all the affection he was capable of.

Problem was she had absolutely no clue. A female youkai would understand the attraction and acknowledge it. Humans had no clue and Inuyasha had no clue on how to enlighten her. Somehow telling her she was the ONE just didn't sound convincing in his head.

"There's a security problem. All power has been rerouted."

"They noticed us?" she asked.

"No, the power is going somewhere else. Something to do with my brother…"

"Then we can get out of here," she said quickly.

"Bitch, are you nuts? I can't get out of here, I'll be-" he stopped. The collar lay in pieces. There was no power to the door. Nothing was stopping him from ripping it down. He pulled her after him and gave the door a vicious kick, sending it flying.

"You were saying?" she asked dryly.

"Feh, shut up bitch."

Rin lay where she was, desperately trying to not pass out. Her beloved youkai lay on top of her, his powers slowly returning. The collar lay on the floor, shattered into a million pieces. His head raised slowly and golden eyes met hers.

"Rin," the deep baritone managed.

"Sesshoumaru-sama," she replied before blacking out.

"Fuck!" Kagura cussed. "How the hell did she manage that? Goddammit!"

"Interesting," Kanna noted. "When forced to submit to a female the submissive collar breaks. Conflicting interests?"

"Whatever the hell it is, we have to somehow re-collar him."

Sesshoumaru was looking at the tiny woman in his arms. Her body was badly beaten, mostly a result of fighting against him. He had met youkai who put up less resistance. His tiny ward. The girl he'd saved years ago.

She'd just not only proven her worth to him. She had saved his life. He touched her cheek softly, hoping she was not totally unconscious. It would be more difficult to escape if she had.

"Sesshoumaru-sama," she moaned.

"Aa?"

"Do me a favor."

"Name it," came his reply, the deadly edge back in his voice.

"I wanna kill the bitch named Kagura." Sesshoumaru's eyes fell upon the bloody wrists she had. He could smell Kagura's power on her. Suddenly he very much wanted blood again…but not human blood.

His eyes turned red in rage.