InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Snow Angel ❯ The Barrier ( Chapter 2 )

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Chapter 2 - The Barrier *Sic 'em!* (The Puppy Love Challenge)

Tsukiko quickly slid a loop of rope over Sesshoumaru's head and began to pull on the other end. The circle of rope tightened until the once-taiyoukai found breathing difficult. He refused to make this easy, however, and he sat down. He would not be lead around like a pet on a leash. He quickly learned that his meager strength was nothing compared to the inuyoukai male who was perfectly content with dragging him. Realizing that he would be strangled if he didn't cooperate, Sesshoumaru struggled to gain his footing. Once he had, he then walked on his own beside the fool who would die the moment he returned to his usual form, allowing his mother's plaything to guide him out of the palace.

The once-taiyoukai was so focused on his thoughts, his plans of pain and revenge for his mother and her concubine, that he was oblivious as to where he was being led. He walked along, paying no attention to his surroundings, so when he was suddenly roughly kicked, he was more surprised than hurt. He slid several feet and when he looked up, Sesshoumaru realized he was in trouble. The fool had led him right out of the West! He quickly tried to cross the border back into his own lands, but was violently repelled by a barrier.

Tsukiko laughed. "You won't be coming home, Sesshoumaru. It took a lot of work, but I've erected a barrier that will not allow you to reenter the Western Lands ever again. The best part is that it is entirely undetectable. Your mother will never know. With you gone, I will finally convince her to be my mate. Since you won't be around to challenge me for the position, I will become the Lord of the West."

Sesshoumaru snarled and dove towards the fool, only to be thrown back again. He let out a yelp of pain but shook it off and rose once more to glare at his mother's most favored concubine.

"I wonder how long it will take the Lady to realize how long you’ve been gone. You'll be dead by the time she realizes you should have returned. She made this all so very easy for me, almost as if she were asking me to get you out of the way of our happiness. Goodbye, Lord Sesshoumaru," he said sarcastically. "I will enjoy living in your palace, sitting on your throne, fucking your mother."

The once-taiyoukai turned mortal canine Sesshoumaru snarled dangerously before turning around and walking away from Tsukiko. He didn't need to be thrown by the barrier again, knowing it was powerful and that he was not going to get through it. He walked away with his head held high, ignoring the inuyoukai's laugher as he went.

Tsukiko was a bigger fool than Sesshoumaru had given him credit for if he truly believed that his mother would mate a mere concubine. She had no desire to take another mate. His father's betrayal had been more than enough to teach her not to trust a male. She liked being free to enjoy whatever male she desired, and just because Tsukiko was whom she called on the most did not mean she had feelings for him. It simply meant that he was good in bed.

No, Sesshoumaru had nothing to worry about, in that area at least. His mother would not take a mate, and his position as heir would not be in jeopardy, so long as he survived this trial, at least. If he were to die, then his mother would be forced to mate and produce a new heir, but he had no intention of dying. Even without his youkai blood and the strength it gave him, he would survive just fine. Yes, it would be harder outside of his ancestral lands. If he had remained in the West, the land itself would have provided for him because of the connection his family line had to it. Outside the West, he was truly on his own.