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~ Her eyes ~
She is a beauty to the eyes of beholder. To some she is a monster. And to others she is an angel.
They had been travelling for two days now, running from one city to another, chasing a human girl in her early twenties. Never had they chased someone for this long. Musashino, the wolf youkai, growled low in frustration. Even the rest of his pack members were growing impatient as they travelled further out of the city.
"Soon." He signaled them. "Once she reaches the outskirts of the town, Hashimuta, I want you to aim for her right leg. Make her limp so she can't run any further."
He watched as Hashimuta ran past him and closer to the said victim. Musashino smirked, his eyes travelling down her body for the hundredth time. He couldn't wait to ravish her. He, along with rest of the eleven wolf youkai of his pack, had seen this one right after they had ravished a bar dancer just few blocks away. She was walking alone at night on the dangerous, downtown Tokyo streets. Just one whiff of her honey smell had caused all the wolf youkai to groan in pleasure. They had wanted her and had been stalking her since then. Of course she wasn't aware of it. She was only a human.
Musashino licked his lips hungrily as she bent down to pick up something. He'd have fun taking this one from behind. After another few minutes of stalking, they finally reached the outskirts of the Tokyo. When nothing but dark forest came in sight, he signaled Hashimuta.
Seeing a perfect opportunity Hashimuta sneaked up on her. Grabbing her from behind, he covered her mouth. "Make any sound and it'll be the last thing you do." Musashino heard Hashimuta warn the girl in a low voice. As soon as the terrifying words registered in her head, she stopped struggling.
So easy. He smirked. She'll be piece of cake.
Before long, all the wolf youkai had appeared before the girl. Seeing all twelve of them standing before her, eyeing her up like she was some sort of meat, her eyes grew wide in understanding. They were going to rape her. Not just one. All of them.
Musashino smiled in satisfaction as soon as salty scent filled his nostrils. "Aw, will you look at that? She is crying." He cooed, running his hand roughly over her chest. The girl shuddered under his touch, disgusted. "Scream. Cry. Do whatever the heck you want, wench. No one is going to come save you. Besides it's more fun when a girl protests. It turns me on."
Hashimuta pushed her on the ground and stepped on her hand, keeping it in place above her head. It was his way of making sure she was not going to run away. The girl screamed in agony as they heard her tiny finger bones break into pieces. Musashino couldn't take it anymore. He had already chased her for two days now. He didn't want to wait any longer. He positioned himself above her.
He was about to unbutton his pants when it happened. Suddenly they were not alone anymore. There was a presence of someone else there in the woods. Someone very powerful.
"Show yourself." He growled, not happy to be interrupted when he was finally about to fulfill his fantasy. When the intruder refused to show himself, Musashino pulled the girl up from the ground and pushed her towards Hashimuta, who placed his claws on her tiny neck.
"Do what boss says or she dies." He threatened. "I'll give you three seconds to show yourself."
"One."
Total silence enveloped the forest except painful sobbing of the girl.
"Two."
All the wolf youkai were alert, expecting the intruder to attack from shadows.
"Three!" Hashimuta yelled.
And a loud slash noise was heard throughout the woods.
Musashino felt a big wave of panic wash over his senses as he watched Hashimuta's head hit the ground followed by his lifeless body. He looked around frantically, his youkai senses searching everywhere. Where did the intruder go? He was too fast! They couldn't even sense him, let alone see him. All Musashino knew was that the intruder was very powerful.
Before any of them could even blink, another wolf head dropped to the ground, followed by another loud thud of his massive body. Just like that, right before Musashino's eyes, one by one, all of his wolf youkai were beheaded. And the intruder had yet to show his face.
Fear...
That's what he felt for the first time. Never in his past 350 years of life had he seen anyone move so fast. Musashino knew for a fact that the intruder wasn't invisible. If he was, they would still be able to sense him. No, the intruder was just quick. He had his every single step planned out. He was using shadows of the woods to hide and attack when he found enemy's weakness. He attacked in blink of an eye and before they could even sense him, he was back safely in the darkness of the woods where he knew they couldn't see him.
Musashino looked around anxiously to find only him standing along with the girl, whose sobbing had ceased now that she knew she was safe. He jumped on the girl and held her in front of his body as a cover. Every half a second he would turn around, making sure he wasn't attacked from behind. He placed a knife over girl's throat and slide it a little to let little bit of blood pour out. The girl winced in pain. "Come out or she dies. You know I'll finish her even if it is the last thing I do."
He tried to focus his attention on the surrounding as the girl in his grip, knowing the truth in his words, began to whimper in fear. He just hoped the intruder knew he meant business. To prove his point, Musashino pressed the knife further into her soft skin as more blood ran down his hand.
Suddenly, a figure, clothed in black leather, jumped down from the tree above and landed right before them.
That's when he noticed it.
Her.
The intruder was a female.
Her long, glossy black hair tied high on her head was moving freely with the wind as she stayed crouched low, her palm flat on the ground. When she suddenly looked up, he saw the anger in her dark blue eyes. Even in such dangerous situation, Musashino couldn't help but notice that she was beautiful. Staring right into her fearless eyes, he felt her release the power that she was masking earlier.
Miko...
Musashino took a step back in surprise, letting the girl fall to the ground. She was a miko. And a very powerful one on top of that.
The miko's eyes travelled to the girl on the ground to make sure she was safe and he took advantage of her distraction. He wasn't a fool to think that he could match her powers. No way. She was powerful enough to purify him in a blink of an eye just as she did to rest of his pack members. So he did the only thing he could do. He turned to run. But before he could take one more step away from the miko and the girl, she was standing before him again. This time, there was a smirk on her expressionless face.
"You know what I hate the most?" She crossed her hands and pulled out two daggers from their holders on her each thigh, channeling purifying power through it. "Rape."
~X~X~X~X~X~
She watched her savior behead the last wolf before she let unconsciousness surround her. After what seemed like few minutes or maybe hours, Kanna felt herself waking up. She winced. Her head felt heavy with throbbing pain.
"Shh, it's alright, you're safe," A kind voice said.
Who was that? Kanna became alarmed. She had never heard that voice before. She opened her eyes slowly, adjusting to bright light and stared into a pair of lovely shade of blue eyes, looking at her in concern and comfort.
"Who are you?" She whispered, staring at the beautiful girl before her. Fair skin, a button nose, glossy black hair, big blue eyes and a teardrop symbol on her forehead, she looked just like an angel. That's when she realized it. She was an angel for her. She was her savior, the one who had saved her from the pack of wolves.
"My name is Kagome." Her savior smiled sweetly. "And you are?"
"Kanna." She gave her a tiny smile back. "Thank you for saving me, Kagome-sama."
"Just call me Kagome. No honorifics, please." She got up from the bed and walked towards the bedroom door, "Mom! She's awake. Can you please come and check on her?"
Kanna lay back as Kagome's mother came up to check on her, her eyes never leaving Kagome's profile. She, with a heart of a warrior, had faced all the wolf youkai on her own. It was the scene Kanna will never forget; her first encounter with the beautiful miko, who put her life at risk to save another, making a powerful youkai fall to his knees in blink of an eye. She was stunning. For the first time in her life, she witnessed a fight that was more elegant than violent. Miko's gallant figure was a marvel, forever embedded into the depths of Kanna's memories.
~X~X~X~X~X~
Kagome stayed beside Kanna until she fell asleep again. She lifted Kanna's bandaged hand from her lap and placed it on the bed. She had been watching them when they had pushed Kanna down on the ground and one of them had stepped on her hand, cracking those bones into small pieces.
Assholes.
She watched Kanna's peaceful sleeping face and smiled in satisfaction. They had deserved every bit of pain she had given them. Happy to have saved life of an innocent, Kagome skipped down the stairs and into the kitchen where her mother had already started cooking.
The delicious smell of her favorite salmon dish filled her lungs and she couldn't help but give her mother a big hug from behind. "How was work, mom? Any interesting crime stories to share?"
Mrs. Higurashi shrugged, "Not much to share except the Commissioner is really happy with me for killing that wolf pack that I believe I had only asked you to keep an eye on." Her mother was the superintendent or a chief of their area's police station and had been chasing the wolf pack for a week now to catch them red-handed.
Kagome smiled sheepishly, "Sorry mom. I just saw the way they were mistreating an innocent and couldn't help but teach them a lesson."
"Kagome, you should have just called me and I'd taken care of them."
She shook her head. "There was not much time mom. It'd taken you minimum of fifteen minutes to get there and fifteen minutes when dealing with an innocent's life is too risky."
Mrs. Higurashi felt a sigh escape her lips as she stared at her twenty-one year old daughter. "I guess...but next time I don't want you to risky your life for anyone else. My heart almost stopped today when I saw you covered in blood."
Kagome rolled her eyes. "Like those bastards could even put their finger on me." Sure they were strong but they weren't fast enough. "All the blood belonged to them."
"Watch your language, Kagome."
"Sorry."
There was a pause.
"...I just wish you'll find yourself a nice man and stop chasing after trouble."
A beautiful tinker of giggles filled the kitchen. "You wah?" Kagome said in between her giggles, "Every guy who sees me fight runs in the opposite direction."
"Oh come on, that's not true." Mrs. Higurashi couldn't help but look amused.
"Wanna bet?"
Her mother smiled at her warmly. "I bet you'll one day find a guy who will love you for who you are. He'll respect you and think of you as his equal. He'll be a special guy who wouldn't mind sharing his worries and fears with you. He will dazzle you with his smiles and at the same time ask for your support. He'll let down his guard before you. He would be--"
Kagome's snort interrupted Mrs. Higurashi's chatter. "You are asking for a fictional man, Mom. Men these days treat women like their properties."
Mrs. Higurashi laughed. "You have the same blood as that person, yet you are so different."
"Which person?"
Mrs. Higurashi shook her head and cleared her throat. "Go wash your hands before dinner gets cold. And check on Kanna on your way back."
It wasn't missed by Kagome that her mother changed the topic. But she let it go. Besides, her mother always said stuff at times that made no sense to her.
"And Kagome?" Mrs. Higurashi called out.
She turned to see a dreamy smile on her mother's face. "You will find him." She said firmly. "And when you do, remember to accept his strengths and weaknesses, and everything else..."
Kagome left the kitchen and headed upstairs. "I don't believe you mom." She muttered under her breath. "For past twenty-one years of my life, I have never met a single guy who will come even close to your perfect-man-image."
~X~X~X~X~X~
Sesshomaru was sitting at a dinner table full of bunch of idiots talking their small talk about how well their business was doing and what was going to be their next step to make the empire his father created grow even bigger as if it wasn't already big enough. He wasn't even a bit interested in what they had to say. It wasn't as if he didn't know it already.
But nonetheless, once in a while, he enjoyed sitting back and watching these dogs rattle on about how brilliant their next plan was. It was even more entertaining when they would verbally attack each other, trying to win one over on the others for his attention. But tonight was different. Tonight they were annoying him with their fifty-year-old-idea that so far hadn't been considered even once.
"That's true. So we all agree that it would be the best for Sesshomaru-sama to get a bodyguard?" Jaken raised his eyebrows on his ugly toad head and looked around the table for any objection. Sesshomaru controlled his urge to kick the ugly toad across the room.
When Kikuka, a tiger demoness, voiced her question, Sesshomaru growled under his breath, his long nails tracing the rim of his wine glass. They were really testing his patience. "Having a bodyguard is a great idea. But how can we find one that can match Sesshomaru-sama's skills? We certainly don't want someone protecting him who will only slow him down." Kikuka beamed at him, giving him her best smile in the hopes he'd take note of it.
Sesshomaru would have rolled his eyes at her stupidity if he was capable of expressing his emotions. If her smiles hadn't work on him for past twenty years, they weren't going to work, ever, in future.
"Obviously Kikuka, we'd make sure the bodyguard doesn't slow him down." Hosunktu said as he kicked her under the table.
Sesshoumaru was growing more and more irritated. Would it be a big problem if he just... killed them all and made it look like the meeting room had been caught on fire? He slammed his hand on the table, cracking it in two with a single blow.
"Say one more useless comment and next time it won't be a table." His icy cold eyes travelled from face to face.
When he was satisfied with the silence in the room, he turned towards his half-brother, Inuyasha and his legal advisor, Miroku. "If you think you can find a bodyguard that is good enough to last more than a day with this Sesshoumaru, feel free to hire him." With just that Sesshoumaru pushed back his chair and stood up knowing all too well that they will not find anyone good enough for him in next thousand years.
On his way out the door, he stopped by Suikotsu's seat and sliced his head in a swift motion. Everyone at the meeting table gasped in surprise.
"However, this time remember to run a background check on the employee," He ordered. "And clean the mess up."
Before any of them could register what happened, Sesshoumaru was already on his way out of the meeting room.
Bunch of fools, they couldn't even tell Suikotsu was Naraku's spy?
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