The Wings of War
Chapter One
~Dove's P.o.V. ~
True Mates.
I walked next to the great and powerful lord of the west as I had for the past year or so, but unlike all those other times, I did not keep a respectful distance. I had woken up in his arms this morning, received a peck on my lips and a bit of youkai meat for breakfast. And after I helped Lilac and Shadow pack up our bed rolls and food (both of whom gave me knowing smirks and winks that made me blush pinker than a cherry blossom) he had unexpectedly grabbed my hand and walked off.
I blushed and glanced down at our still clasped hands once more. His were striped and clawed, slender like a pianists' and fit perfectly with my own. My skin was slightly paler than his and the gold and crème looked spectacular twined around each other. I brought my gaze up to his face and studied his smirking profile. Her turned his eyes towards me and winked, letting me know he knew I was looking. I gasped a little and looked away, focusing on the path before us. He squeezed my hand gently and I looked up again to see him looking at me with soft amusement and affection.
"Oi!" a voice interrupted us. "Get a room!" my eyes widened and I spun to face the culprit.
"Shut up, Shadow! No one asked you!" I sneered playfully. She laughed at me, her blood red eyes dancing with amusement.
"You never ask for my opinion, but I'm going to give it anyways: you two are adorable! And the best part is that you wouldn't have even known you were true mates if it wasn't for Princess Lilac!"
"Yeah, so? Shut up, Shadow."
"It's true! And I bet you didn't even thank her."
"That's a good point," another voice spoke. Lilac stepped out of the shadows Shadow had created to protect her with a small smirk on her elfin features. "Where is my gratitude?" she mock-demanded.
"Oh yes," I bowed over enthusiastically. "I concede to your great and powerful matchmaking sills and am forever in your debt. I shall lick your sandals and brush your hair every morning in gratitude!" Lilac kept a straight face long enough to nod in mock satisfaction before she broke down into giggles. Shadow and I were not far behind her and soon we were all on the ground in hysterics. The laughter died down eventually and I lay still on my back. A foot poked me in the ribs.
"Are you three quite finished?" Sesshomaru asked with a sigh of impatience. I could see the fondness in his gaze though and I grinned up at him.
"If you help me up, we can go." I held out my hand for him to hoist me to my feet but he ignored it and swooped down, picking me up bridal style and walking away with me. "Hey, put me down!" I giggled. He rolled his eyes and ignored me. "Sesshomaru!"
I could see Shadow and Lilac behind us, picking themselves up and laughing at us. IU scowled at them but they ignored me. "Seriously, let me go!"
"Apparently you are incapable of standing without my help so what's to say you would be able to walk? I only have your best interests in mind," Sesshomaru said coolly, looking down at me with molten butterscotch eyes. "Now stop squirming," he breathed his sweet smelling breath over me and captured my gaze. As if in a trance, I nodded in submission. I heard Shadow and Lilac giggling at me, but I didn't care.
Have I mentioned how good looking he was?
"Lathspell, I name you! Ill news is an ill guest…" I muttered to myself as I stared at the hanyou in the baboon pelt.
"What?" Shadow asked in an undertone. I kept my eyes on the transaction between my mate and this "Naraku" fellow as I answered her.
"Nothing… but my rekki is getting a very bad vibe from this guy…"
"Yeah," her crimson eyes clouded over with thought as she stared at him. "Even my yokai is shying away from his." The unknown hanyou melded back into the forest, leaving my mate with a human arm embedded with a jewel shard and a hive of wasp demons. I was about to protest his actions, but then he said the words I had wanted to hear for a year.
"Come," he beckoned as he walked away. "Let us go find InuYasha and your sister."