Fire Melts Ice
Chapter One
The castle was finally within their view. It had taken a full three weeks to get there, which was three week too long in Mell's opinion. And no one had let whatever they were hiding spill. Mell glared at the two people standing to the left of her before looking over at Sesshomaru one last time. She had hoped to extract the truth from at least one of them by now.
"You know guys, I'll find out eventually what you're keeping from me. So why don't you just spill it."
"You know wench", Inuyasha mimicked with a sneer"you've been saying the same thing for days now. And your no closer to achieving your goal now then you were then."
"You have something to say to me dog-boy"
"I think I've already said it. What, are you now deaf along with being stupid"
"You want to fight dog breath? Because "
"Enough you two. Mell, just get over the fact that no one is going to tell you anything." Kagome shouted, placing a hand over her eyes. Everyday Mell and Inuyasha had the same fight, and every day she would get the world's worst headache.
"Aha! Then you guys are keeping something from me" as soon as the words were out of Mell's mouth, a math book went flying at her head. "Now 'Gome is that anyway to treat knowledge"
"Sesshomaru, if you want me too keep quiet about you-know-what, then your going to have to keep her from driving me crazy"
That was all the incentive the dog demon needed. Grabbing Mell about the waist, he tossed her over his shoulder, jumped up into the air, and flinging her into the flying carriage Rin resided in. With that done, he bestowed one of his cold looks onto Kagome. "Threaten me again and I'll rip your tong from your mouth."
Kagome shrunk back against Inuyasha, whimpering slightly. "I forgot how creepy he was. He seems so much different when Mell is around."
The half-demon snorted loudly. "Stupid! He's nice when she's around because he's trying to impress her. He knows that there is no way in hell she would have anything to do with him if he hurt you."
Kagome glared at him, then, just for the hell of it, said the 's' word.
And down he went in a blurred motion of silver and red. Mell started laughing so hard she almost fell. Looking down at Sesshomaru, she gave her best pout. "Sesshomaru, I'm sorry for what ever I did. Can I be taken out of 'time out' now"
"Um, Mell, do you even know what your in trouble for"
Mell looked at Kagome as if she was crazy. "What dose that matter? If you just say sorry and pretend like you know what you did was wrong, you get out of your punishment. Have I taught you nothing of American discipline Kagome? If you like, we can stay after school to work on "
"Don't say dirty things like that to me! I would expect that kind of thing from Trinity, but not you Mell! You have been in the company of too many perverts. We need to work on that."
"Oh! You mean I need to meet more perverts and hone my skills for this era"
"If I say yes will you shut up"
"Damn right I will."
"Fine then "
Sesshomaru glared daggers at Kagome before she could finish her sentence. "You will keep that wench away from any and all perverts or I shall make sure she never is aloud to leave her rooms."
"Hey 'Gome, dose that mean that all the perverts are to be taken into my bedroom while we are here" Mell turned white as a sheet when she saw the dark look Sesshomaru shot them both, he, apparently, didn't hold too much appreciation for Mell's 'special' brand of humor. In fact, she was beginning to wonder if he had a sense of humor at all! From what she'd observed while traveling with him, he didn't.
Sighing, Mell turned to Rin and smiled sweetly at her. "You know, I just thought of a few songs I think you should sing when you and 'Maru are traveling together."
"Who is 'Maru"
"Sesshomaru of course! But that name is such a mouthful, you know? And since no one else has seen to cutting it down to size, the job has been passed on to me! And did I ever show that name who was boss! I had already decided his nickname was going to be 'Maru or fluffy. For some reason I get the feeling he wouldn't have liked the nickname fluffy all that much, so 'Maru it is. Now, would you like to learn the songs? They are so much fun to sing, and people just love it when you sing them over and over again"
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"Life's gonna suck when you grow up, when you grow up, when you grow up. Life's gonna suck when you grow up, it sucks pretty bad right now" as Rin's young, cheerful voice rang out; everyone below her covered their ears. She and Mell had been singing that damned song for over an hour!
"Hey everybody! If you know the words, sing along! Your gonna have to mow the lawn, do the dishes, make your bed, your gonna have to go to school until your seventeen" Mell was intentionally singing as loud as she could, just to get a rise out of everyone. And if she didn't stop soon, she was going to get a hell of a lot more then she was bargaining for.
Breathing in deeply so she could begin again, Mell opened her mouth wide - and found a clawed hand covering the bottom half of her face. Glaring over her shoulder, she got ready to bite. The look in her assailant's eyes stopped all thought of biting. Though the image of her running for her life was looking more and more pleasing...
"Intelligent move. Had you done as you originally planed, I would have had no choice but to take retribution." Sesshomaru stated his face a mask of cold ice. Slowly removing his hand from her mouth, he gently, almost menacingly, ran one of his claws up and down her arm.
Mell blinked at him in confusion, and looked down at Inuyasha for a translation. It took a few nudges from Kagome to get him to actually answer her.
"Had you tried to intentionally hurt him, he would have had no choice but to punish you."
"What am I, a child? What was he going to do, put me in a corner for half an hour to think about what I had done" as Mell laughed louder at the idea of someone actually trying to 'punish' her, Rin started to slowly edge her way to the other end of the flying carriage.
"You have obviously not been disciplined properly. That shale be fixed as soon as you are settled into your new home."
Mell's eyes narrowed at that. From what everyone had been telling her, they were just going to the castle for a visit. But from the way he had just put it, it sounded more like he was keeping her here! And just then, everything clicked. She had finally figured out what everyone was keeping from her.
"You son of a bitch! You never planed on taking me home did you"
"No."
'No'. As if that said everything, and closed up all conversation on the matter. So Mell, being the intelligent, responsible person she is, tried jumping from the flying carriage. Too bad for her she couldn't fly. It was also too bad the very person she was trying to escape, was also the very person who saved her. And boy, did he look pissed...