Here's a new fic called Wanted. Hope you enjoy it. Bare with me, I'm re-writing an old fic and now three new ones…so I may not update in a while…sorry.
Summary: Kagome wants to get back at Inuyasha and Sesshomaru agrees to help her, but what are his ulterior motives? SK Lemons later
Pretty much, I liked a lot of ideas in a lot of other fics and tried to mold them into a different story, make something different out of it. So if you see an idea familiar to you, please do not flame. It will not be that idea for very long. I will twist it into something completely different. Okay? Thanks.
Disclaimer: I do not own the IY characters or the songs I may use in this fic.
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Kagome walked cautiously through the large hallways. The old rock never ceased to amaze her. The castle was beautiful as ever. Simple; with beautiful wooden floors that gleamed in the afternoon sunlight and beautiful gardens that stretched for miles. She always felt most comfortable here.
She turned her head to stare at the bland sunset that portrayed a world falling into a time of peace. Her charcoal colored hair danced in the wind and her eyes gleamed with the setting sun.
The light pink kimono she wore was decorated with cherry blossoms falling from a beautiful cherry tree. She disliked wearing too many layers, preferring the look of a simple noblewoman rather than that of a more important being.
Her eyes shifted as she felt a presence behind her and a large smile broke the almost cold mask she wore without him. A pair of porcelain colored hands pulled her into a tight, loving embrace. She could never remember a time she had been more content than in the arms of the man she loved.
She chortled, remembering it had all started out as a simple game.
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Kagome had awoken that night, the stars were barely visible through the clouds, a dark feeling encased her entire body, swaying her. She sat up abruptly and looked around. Everything seemed to be okay.
All of her friends were still sleeping peacefully and she could tell that nothing dangerous was too close to camp. The only thing amiss was that she could not seem to find Inuyasha.
She searched all of the nearby treetops but could find no dark figure in them. Kagome closed her eyes, reaching her aura to find his and almost wretched as she felt his aura mingling with…HERS.
Kagome turned over and huffed. It was truly disgusting. Three years and the hanyou still would not admit to having relations to Kikyou. It was sad, really.
She had given up long ago, content simply staying at his side. She had realized after the first two years that he would never love her back as she loved him. Although there was still love, she accepted the fact and had moved on.
This had begun to be too much, though, on her heart. She wanted something more. She was ready to fall in love again-to find something that would make her feel longed for. Wanted.
Kagome moved slightly, slowly fighting her way out of the sleeping bag that seemed to hold her captive. She had to move carefully, wary of waking the fox kit that slept soundly at the bottom of the bag.
Walking through the dense foliage, Kagome felt a strong presence following her. It did not threaten, it simply watched. She decided that a nice walk would do her good, and for now, she would feign ignorance and let it follow.
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He normally watched over their camp. It wasn't a steak-out, no. that would be below him. He simply wanted to protect the little brother he had always protected in such a way; in the shadows.
From the time he was a pup, Inuyahsa had hated Sesshomaru for sending him away. What he did not know was that Sesshomaru was doing it for his own good.
Whenever Inuyasha had to wake up alone, hungry, he would always find a fresh kill outside of his hideout. He never knew who would leave him food, but he never questioned it either.
Sesshomaru had always cared for him, he had simply been too young to take them in and care for him as an older brother should in the predicament they were put in.
He had been only a few hundred years old when his father had died. They had recently been in an argument and Sesshomaru refused to help his father save the human mother of his little brother.
At one point, he did resent the child. He felt betrayed, that he was never as loved as his little brother. But when he turned up at the castle for the first time in the arms of the most beautiful woman he had ever seen, those tiny triangular ears piqued his interest.
He spent a few dozen years with the boy before the war started and his father finally died in a fight with the dragons. He spent his last remaining days fighting Ryukotsei, the leader of the dragons and upon his death, he left his grave to Inuyasha, hoping the brothers would become even closer.
When the war became too much, Sesshomaru knew that he was not fully trained and could not protect the child and sent him away. His mother had recently died of the trauma of the loss of her lover.
He knew Inuyasha always resented Sesshomaru for sending him away, but there was nothing else to do. He had to win the war and could not risk Inuyasha being targeted.
As he grew, Sesshomaru would check in on him once in a while, making sure he was okay, watch over his camp at night, and, as years of tradition followed, he continued to do so.
He was pleased with his brother for making friends, but was frustrated by his gruff and unfriendly nature. He admired the miko he traveled with for her strength. It was obvious she loved him, and she knew she would never have him, but she never seemed deterred by the simple fact.
He was, indeed, watching their camp that night as well. He had decided he had an interest in the woman and followed the girl from camp. The lush forest was coated in a light dew and he had to be careful of his footing or the water would possibly drop onto her.
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Kagome found just the spring she had been hoping to find. She fell to her haunches and slid the rest of the way to the musky ground. Her feet were sore from a long day and she desperately needed a bath, but she knew that the watcher was there and wasn't about to unveil herself in front of an unknown person.
She shakily dipped her feet into the steamy water and sighed in relief as the warmth swept through the pressure points in her feet and calmed the rest of her body instantly.
She lay back on her elbows, giving no thought to the sharp rocks digging into the soft skin. It was now that she expected the watcher to come from the shadows and attempt to either talk or take her life, but to her surprise, nothing happened.
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He watched her, mesmerized by her beauty. She was no ordinary human, he reasoned with himself. She was stronger, prettier, she did not smell poorly and she was strong willed as well. All of these were attributes he looked for in a companion.
Not that he was thinking of taking her as a companion…
He thrust his nose in the air; an act of defiance over his inner beast. He already knew that his beast longed for her, but would not give into the idea that she may be what he needed.
Even if he did not hate humans, he still resented them. They did not live so long. He envied them, really. He had to live thousands of years, watching as everything that mattered to him changed and twisted, as the people he would let himself care about died.
The humans did not have to deal with that. He stayed away from humans because he did not wish to watch them wither and die without him. He did not want to be eighteen with one and watch them grow to the age of eighty as he still retained that eighteen-year-old glow.
He could not deal with the loneliness of the ages. That was why he hated humans.
Her feet were perfect. They were not mangled, ugly, discolored, anything. They looked silky smooth, as did her face and hands. The legs that showed sent a wave of heat through his stomach and he got the sensation of falling.
He turned away, a slight red tint to his face he would never admit was there. He was a man, demon or not, and he was ashamed to admit that a mere human could do such things to him.
Gathering his barings, Sesshomaru turned back to her and had to take a quick intake of breath at what he saw.
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She had finally given up, She no longer cared that there was someone there watching her. The need to take a bath was much greater than her need for safety.
She rose shakily to her feet and slid the small bag she kept a towel and bath supplies in off of her back. It landed on the ground with an almost inaudible 'plop' and her hand automatically reached up to undo the red scarf tied around the neckline of her uniform.
Carefully, Kagome folded the silky material and placed it at the root of a nearby tree. She then worked on the rest of the shirt, sliding it gracefully over her head. She had shaved the day before, so she felt no need to hide her pits from the watcher.
She then worked on the zipper of her skirt and let it slide gracelessly down to her ankles before picking it up and folding it. It, too, sat at the base of the tree. All that was left was the thin layer of lace-her favorite bra and panties she had originally bought for Inuyasha to see…
So much for that idea.
Reaching behind her back, the bra came unclasped exceptionally easily. The panties slid effortlessly to the ground and she grinned as she felt the aura behind her flare slightly.
She stepped, then, into the hot water that awaited her, acting at first, as though she could walk on the surface of the water, only her toes touched. She inched herself in, trying to go as fast as she could without needlessly burning her sensitive skin.
By the time she was in the water, she knew who her watcher was.
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Sesshomaru jumped from the foliage, completely incapable of reigning in the very visible hard-on that was all her fault. Completely unacceptable. He decided it was time to teach her a lesson about being too careless at night.
He stepped up to the side of the pool and was about to announce his presence, but she spoke first.
"Evening, Lord Sesshomaru…"
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Next time:
Sesshomaru, startled, backed up a step. If she knows I have been watching her…then why….
"Why do you bathe whilst you know This Sesshomaru is watching you?"
Her beautiful ebony tresses fanned out and swam beautifully on the hot water. They all seemed to dance to the right as she turned her head to face him, a sad smile on her face.
"You dislike your brother, right? I have an idea of how to get back at him."
Sesshomaru tilted his head cutely. Maybe it would be fun. Although he had never hated Inuyasha, he didn't particularly like him either. The pup had frustrated him time and again. He did enjoy making the pup flustered. Maybe this was something worth hearing out…
"Speak, Miko."
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A/N: Well, I do like how this story progressed in the first chapter. Please R'n'R to let me know what you think. I really do appreciate such things.
I know this probably sounds like a bunch of other stories, but I promise, I'm only using the most basic ideas of the other stories to create something completely new. It's similar to creating a new vineyard; a new wine.
Wish me luck. I hope this wine I am creating by placing the seeds of other ideas together, will become a wine worthy of reading.
For now, wish me luck.
Elvenarcher516