InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ What Fate Has Brought Us ❯ Chapter 17
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By: Twilight dawn 
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action / Comedy / Drama / Romance | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 07.09.2010 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.0K | Visits: 292 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action / Comedy / Drama / Romance | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 07.09.2010 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.0K | Visits: 292 | Status: Work In Progress
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or its characters. The honor belongs to Rumiko Takahashi.
Poor Kouga never had a chance. My mate didn’t even wait for an explanation. He ran his sharp, poisonous claws straight through Kouga’s neck. My mate smirked when he pulled his claws out and watched, as his green poison ate through Kouga’s throat. I watched this happen with a horrified expression on my face, as Kouga’s eyes bulged out of his head and painful groans sounded from his now damaged throat. Kouga died a few moments
later.
Well, that’s the image that appeared to me once I realized my mate was heading towards us. What caused me to imagine Kouga’s painful death is the reddish tint of my mate’s eyes and his silver colored hair billowing out behind him. I have seen Sesshoumaru like this only one time before and that was at his father’s grave, fighting Inuyasha for the Tetsusiaga.
Knowing it wouldn’t go well if my mate caught me in the arms of another, I quickly removed my arm from Kouga’s and gently pushed him away from me. Kouga gave me a questioning look, but I just shook my head and pointed a finger towards my mate. He understood then that I was trying to save him and myself. Also being a canine demon, he understood how possessive one could be over one’s mate.
“Remove yourself from this Sesshoumaru’s mate, wolf.” My mate growled out fiercely, stopping just a few feet away from our position. “This will be your only warning. Do as this Sesshoumaru commands and he won’t have to dismember you.”
Kouga didn’t back down or show any fear at my mate’s words, like most demons would have. He shook his head, refusing to give in to my mate’s demands. “No, Lord Sesshoumaru.” He spoke, still remembering his manners. “Not until we get some things cleared between the two of us.”
My mate just glared at him, not once losing his control. “Demons often wonder about things that don’t concern them, but this Sesshoumaru will listen to you, wolf. Only because he feels you have something important to say to him. Do not prove this Sesshoumaru wrong and tell him something useless.”
“You don’t have to do this, Kouga.” I pleaded with him, knowing what he had in mind. “Please, just let it go.”
My mate did not seem too pleased with my interference and let me know it too. “This has nothing to do with you, mate. So, keep silent.”
I placed my hands on my hips and narrowed my icy blue colored eyes at him. I won’t let him get away with talking to me like that. “I’m making it something to do with me.” Sesshoumaru gave up the argument that loomed ahead. He knew that I wouldn’t give up so easily, as he had learned from previous experience.
“Now where were we?” Kouga asked.
“You were about to get to the point,” My mate prompted him.
A displeased look filled Kouga’s features. He didn’t appreciate being talked to like that, but he let it go for the time being. Sesshoumaru is a lord and he is just a leader of a tribe. What could he do about it? “I hear that there will be a battle against Naraku in a few days and I want to join up with you.”
“Are you suggesting an alliance with the Western Lands, wolf?” Sesshoumaru asked him, taking a few steps closer.
Kouga nodded his head. “I need this alliance to save my tribe.” He admitted. “Ever since Naraku’s arrival, our numbers have dwindled. We might even have to mate outside of our race, just to keep the tribe alive.”
My mate thought about his offer for a few moments. I knew he was thinking that it wouldn’t hurt to get a few extra men to help out. Since we still don’t know how many demons Naraku has with him. “This Sesshoumaru accepts your offer, wolf. You have yourself an alliance with the Western Lands.”
Kouga couldn’t help but smile and when he turned towards me, his smile quickly disappeared. “There is just one more thing that I must say to you.” He said turning away from me and focusing once more on my mate. “I want you to promise me that you won’t let any harm come to Kagome. She means a lot to me and my tribe.” I groaned. Why did he have to say it like that? Now Sesshoumaru will think there is something going on between us.
I looked up at my mate, and my breath caught in my throat. He was looking down at me, his golden eyes already accusing. I held my gaze with his. If I shifted my eyes away, he would know that I was truly guilty. “Is there something going on between the two of you that you failed to mention to this Sesshoumaru?” He asked me. “Have you been unfaithful to your own mate?”
I felt the poison of his words right in my heart: it hurt more than I could have imagined possible. He sounded so sad, and so unforgiving. He knows that I was a virgin when we had sex, so why is he bringing this up now. His nose should be able to tell him that it’s not true. Then it suddenly hit me, that my mate could smell Kouga’s scent on me.
“Well, if we’re going to get particular, you still refuse to get rid of Asuka and even admitted to me that you were still going to sleep with her. So don’t you dare accuse me of doing something like that, when you are the guilty one!” I’m glad I got that out of my system. I had wanted to say that to him since forever.
My mate growled. “Don’t go there,” he warned me.
I couldn’t help but give a smirk of my own. “I believe that I already did.”
Sesshoumaru paused long enough to stop growling. “I knew you were going to be trouble the moment I mated you.” He declared.
“Look, mate. Kouga and I only share friendship with each other, nothing more.” I tried to reason with him and his beast.
My mate closed the distance between us and gripped my arm tightly. “Explain to this Sesshoumaru why his scent is all over you?”
I sighed. “When Inuyasha and I tried to talk to him and explain the situation to him, he couldn’t accept the truth and transformed into his wolf form. Inuyasha told me to run and I did, but Kouga soon came after me. The only way I could have calmed him down was to pet him. That is why you smell his scent on me.”
“Why did he transform?”
I tried to work my way around the truth, but I guess it didn’t work. “Years ago when I was traveling with Inuyasha, Kouga kidnapped me and took me back to his den. You see, he was at war with the birds of paradise and wanted to use my ability to see the jewel shards, to point out how many shards they had.”
I continued on with my story. “I didn’t know that Shippo had come with me and he tried to save me, by posing as Kouga. One of the wolves mentioned that Kouga had already left on patrol and they realized that Shippo was an imposter. We ran out of the den and I somehow got a hold of a spear, trying to fight off our attackers. Kouga soon arrived and saved us. He said that I was very loyal and that I protected my own life for that of a demon. From then on he always referred to me as his woman.”
Since I was on a roll admitting everything to my mate, I might as well finish. “When Jaken ran into the library, I already knew which wolf he was talking about and didn’t want you to get involved. So, Inuyasha and I went to the gate to meet up with Kouga and explain the truth to him. That I was mated and that he could never have a chance with me. He got jealous and upset. That is when he transformed.”
“You lied to your mate.” He stated, already knowing the answer.
I stared at the ground, unable to look up and meet his eyes. “I didn’t exactly lie to you. I just didn’t tell you the whole truth.” I sadly admitted. “I wanted to protect you.”
I could sense that his beast was disappearing. “Is that why you sent this Sesshoumaru away, so that you could protect him?” I nodded my head. “Mate, if this Sesshoumaru wanted to hurt the wolf, he would have already done so. This Sesshoumaru felt his presence the moment he arrived in the Western Lands.”
He pulled me into his arms and when I tried to push him away, he only held on tighter. “You don’t have to protect this Sesshoumaru,” he tried to explain to me. “He will always be there to protect you.”
“What if I need protection from you?” I whispered against him. He didn’t bother to answer me. Instead, he buried his face in the curve of my neck, breathing in my scent.
Maybe I said something that I shouldn’t have. So, I stated the obvious. “You’re angry with me, aren’t you?”
“No, Mate.” He said to me wisely, after pulling away from my neck. “This Sesshoumaru may disagree with your words, but that doesn’t mean he is angry with you.”
To prove his point, my mate’s arms lowered until they wrapped around my waist. And before I could say anything more, he pulls me towards him even further and brings his mouth down, possessively over mine. I tried to resist him at first, but I was soon kissing him back and moaning into the kiss. I am glad that we had that little argument. I ended up being thoroughly kissed.
The kiss seemed to go on forever and it was Kouga clearing his throat that stopped us. “I hate to break up such a happy moment, but time is wasting. We still have to sign the contract for the alliance.”
Sesshoumaru didn’t let me go. He still held me within the safety of his arms. “Come, then,” he said, stepping aside to allow Kouga to accompany him. “There is much to be done.”
This time I placed my hand where it belonged, inside my mate’s arm. He looked down at me when I did so and nodded his head at me in approval. Our fight wasn’t pointless after all. It brought the Western Lands another alliance and brought me even closer to my mate.
“By the way,” Sesshoumaru spoke, as we headed towards the castle. “What ever happened to the simpleton?”
Off in the distance we could hear Inuyasha yelling. “Kouga! Come back here, you damn coward! I’m not through with you just yet!”
Sesshoumaru didn’t bother to say anything, as Kouga and I started laughing.
To be continued…
Poor Kouga never had a chance. My mate didn’t even wait for an explanation. He ran his sharp, poisonous claws straight through Kouga’s neck. My mate smirked when he pulled his claws out and watched, as his green poison ate through Kouga’s throat. I watched this happen with a horrified expression on my face, as Kouga’s eyes bulged out of his head and painful groans sounded from his now damaged throat. Kouga died a few moments
later.
Well, that’s the image that appeared to me once I realized my mate was heading towards us. What caused me to imagine Kouga’s painful death is the reddish tint of my mate’s eyes and his silver colored hair billowing out behind him. I have seen Sesshoumaru like this only one time before and that was at his father’s grave, fighting Inuyasha for the Tetsusiaga.
Knowing it wouldn’t go well if my mate caught me in the arms of another, I quickly removed my arm from Kouga’s and gently pushed him away from me. Kouga gave me a questioning look, but I just shook my head and pointed a finger towards my mate. He understood then that I was trying to save him and myself. Also being a canine demon, he understood how possessive one could be over one’s mate.
“Remove yourself from this Sesshoumaru’s mate, wolf.” My mate growled out fiercely, stopping just a few feet away from our position. “This will be your only warning. Do as this Sesshoumaru commands and he won’t have to dismember you.”
Kouga didn’t back down or show any fear at my mate’s words, like most demons would have. He shook his head, refusing to give in to my mate’s demands. “No, Lord Sesshoumaru.” He spoke, still remembering his manners. “Not until we get some things cleared between the two of us.”
My mate just glared at him, not once losing his control. “Demons often wonder about things that don’t concern them, but this Sesshoumaru will listen to you, wolf. Only because he feels you have something important to say to him. Do not prove this Sesshoumaru wrong and tell him something useless.”
“You don’t have to do this, Kouga.” I pleaded with him, knowing what he had in mind. “Please, just let it go.”
My mate did not seem too pleased with my interference and let me know it too. “This has nothing to do with you, mate. So, keep silent.”
I placed my hands on my hips and narrowed my icy blue colored eyes at him. I won’t let him get away with talking to me like that. “I’m making it something to do with me.” Sesshoumaru gave up the argument that loomed ahead. He knew that I wouldn’t give up so easily, as he had learned from previous experience.
“Now where were we?” Kouga asked.
“You were about to get to the point,” My mate prompted him.
A displeased look filled Kouga’s features. He didn’t appreciate being talked to like that, but he let it go for the time being. Sesshoumaru is a lord and he is just a leader of a tribe. What could he do about it? “I hear that there will be a battle against Naraku in a few days and I want to join up with you.”
“Are you suggesting an alliance with the Western Lands, wolf?” Sesshoumaru asked him, taking a few steps closer.
Kouga nodded his head. “I need this alliance to save my tribe.” He admitted. “Ever since Naraku’s arrival, our numbers have dwindled. We might even have to mate outside of our race, just to keep the tribe alive.”
My mate thought about his offer for a few moments. I knew he was thinking that it wouldn’t hurt to get a few extra men to help out. Since we still don’t know how many demons Naraku has with him. “This Sesshoumaru accepts your offer, wolf. You have yourself an alliance with the Western Lands.”
Kouga couldn’t help but smile and when he turned towards me, his smile quickly disappeared. “There is just one more thing that I must say to you.” He said turning away from me and focusing once more on my mate. “I want you to promise me that you won’t let any harm come to Kagome. She means a lot to me and my tribe.” I groaned. Why did he have to say it like that? Now Sesshoumaru will think there is something going on between us.
I looked up at my mate, and my breath caught in my throat. He was looking down at me, his golden eyes already accusing. I held my gaze with his. If I shifted my eyes away, he would know that I was truly guilty. “Is there something going on between the two of you that you failed to mention to this Sesshoumaru?” He asked me. “Have you been unfaithful to your own mate?”
I felt the poison of his words right in my heart: it hurt more than I could have imagined possible. He sounded so sad, and so unforgiving. He knows that I was a virgin when we had sex, so why is he bringing this up now. His nose should be able to tell him that it’s not true. Then it suddenly hit me, that my mate could smell Kouga’s scent on me.
“Well, if we’re going to get particular, you still refuse to get rid of Asuka and even admitted to me that you were still going to sleep with her. So don’t you dare accuse me of doing something like that, when you are the guilty one!” I’m glad I got that out of my system. I had wanted to say that to him since forever.
My mate growled. “Don’t go there,” he warned me.
I couldn’t help but give a smirk of my own. “I believe that I already did.”
Sesshoumaru paused long enough to stop growling. “I knew you were going to be trouble the moment I mated you.” He declared.
“Look, mate. Kouga and I only share friendship with each other, nothing more.” I tried to reason with him and his beast.
My mate closed the distance between us and gripped my arm tightly. “Explain to this Sesshoumaru why his scent is all over you?”
I sighed. “When Inuyasha and I tried to talk to him and explain the situation to him, he couldn’t accept the truth and transformed into his wolf form. Inuyasha told me to run and I did, but Kouga soon came after me. The only way I could have calmed him down was to pet him. That is why you smell his scent on me.”
“Why did he transform?”
I tried to work my way around the truth, but I guess it didn’t work. “Years ago when I was traveling with Inuyasha, Kouga kidnapped me and took me back to his den. You see, he was at war with the birds of paradise and wanted to use my ability to see the jewel shards, to point out how many shards they had.”
I continued on with my story. “I didn’t know that Shippo had come with me and he tried to save me, by posing as Kouga. One of the wolves mentioned that Kouga had already left on patrol and they realized that Shippo was an imposter. We ran out of the den and I somehow got a hold of a spear, trying to fight off our attackers. Kouga soon arrived and saved us. He said that I was very loyal and that I protected my own life for that of a demon. From then on he always referred to me as his woman.”
Since I was on a roll admitting everything to my mate, I might as well finish. “When Jaken ran into the library, I already knew which wolf he was talking about and didn’t want you to get involved. So, Inuyasha and I went to the gate to meet up with Kouga and explain the truth to him. That I was mated and that he could never have a chance with me. He got jealous and upset. That is when he transformed.”
“You lied to your mate.” He stated, already knowing the answer.
I stared at the ground, unable to look up and meet his eyes. “I didn’t exactly lie to you. I just didn’t tell you the whole truth.” I sadly admitted. “I wanted to protect you.”
I could sense that his beast was disappearing. “Is that why you sent this Sesshoumaru away, so that you could protect him?” I nodded my head. “Mate, if this Sesshoumaru wanted to hurt the wolf, he would have already done so. This Sesshoumaru felt his presence the moment he arrived in the Western Lands.”
He pulled me into his arms and when I tried to push him away, he only held on tighter. “You don’t have to protect this Sesshoumaru,” he tried to explain to me. “He will always be there to protect you.”
“What if I need protection from you?” I whispered against him. He didn’t bother to answer me. Instead, he buried his face in the curve of my neck, breathing in my scent.
Maybe I said something that I shouldn’t have. So, I stated the obvious. “You’re angry with me, aren’t you?”
“No, Mate.” He said to me wisely, after pulling away from my neck. “This Sesshoumaru may disagree with your words, but that doesn’t mean he is angry with you.”
To prove his point, my mate’s arms lowered until they wrapped around my waist. And before I could say anything more, he pulls me towards him even further and brings his mouth down, possessively over mine. I tried to resist him at first, but I was soon kissing him back and moaning into the kiss. I am glad that we had that little argument. I ended up being thoroughly kissed.
The kiss seemed to go on forever and it was Kouga clearing his throat that stopped us. “I hate to break up such a happy moment, but time is wasting. We still have to sign the contract for the alliance.”
Sesshoumaru didn’t let me go. He still held me within the safety of his arms. “Come, then,” he said, stepping aside to allow Kouga to accompany him. “There is much to be done.”
This time I placed my hand where it belonged, inside my mate’s arm. He looked down at me when I did so and nodded his head at me in approval. Our fight wasn’t pointless after all. It brought the Western Lands another alliance and brought me even closer to my mate.
“By the way,” Sesshoumaru spoke, as we headed towards the castle. “What ever happened to the simpleton?”
Off in the distance we could hear Inuyasha yelling. “Kouga! Come back here, you damn coward! I’m not through with you just yet!”
Sesshoumaru didn’t bother to say anything, as Kouga and I started laughing.
To be continued…