Hey everyone, Happy thanksgiving. I figured since it had been so long since my last update, I could post this as a thank you for sticking around to continue reading my fanfic, as well as an apology for taking so long. I'm glad that there are so many people who like my story. Lol as I told yaoilover9696, I am still surprised at how many people actually like my fanfic, lol no matter what people may say. But it makes me happy that people like my fanfic and I love the reviews you all give me. It encourages me greatly. And for those who read but don't have an account, I welcome your reviews as well, so it should let you post as well if you like.
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By Wing Tei Sun "Indiscriminate force leads only to more force. Force tempered with cool thought and deep spirit creates an unstoppable energy."
Chapter 4: Gaining a Master
Kagome watched as Sesshoumaru entered the village, a small smirk upon her face. Looking down with adoration upon her face at the image of Shippo's shimmering form next to her own, his face held a strange darkness that lingered in his eyes briefly. He looked up and smiled proudly at her, "Mommy, it always comes together. You always know the right thing to do." Footsteps drew her attention away from the fading image; Kagome looked at Sesshoumaru with amusement. He always seemed to have such elegance and grace. Not to mention a fountain of patience, well at least when his brother wasn't involved in some way. Her amusement quickly faded when her neon green eyes met his golden ones. A pounding sensation began to beat at the inside of her skull, as a fleeting image of a different pair of golden eyes swam across her vision. The pounding began to worsen as he came closer, his golden eyes narrowing on her.
"Those eyes… Those golden eyes… They… They are the same. They are the same as his!" Kagome shrieked as she unleashed a wave of chi, but Sesshoumaru easily moved to the side. Sesshoumaru gazed at Kagome with a cold look upon his face, with a flick of his wrist, a whip like energy lashed out at Kagome. Her eyes widened when the whip came right through her chi barrier, she moved just in time to only get a cut on her arm. Angry, Kagome sent her chi into the ground in an attempt to bring spikes up out of the ground like she had Kouga. But again Sesshoumaru easily side stepped and hit her twice more with his whip, always attacking with only the whip. Kagome slowly began to move backwards, and Sesshoumaru would move forwards, not allowing any change in the distance between them. Sesshoumaru gave Kagome an amused look as she seemed to grow with frustration. Her attacks becoming more erratic as her emotions rose, her breathing growing heavy.
Sesshoumaru felt a strange surge of power, and Kagome vanished from sight. His eyes narrowed in annoyance, his nose twitched delicately as he sought to find her. In reflex, Sesshoumaru struck at the figure sneaking up on his right side, shattering her illusion as he backhanded her. Kagome grasped at his arm as her body began to repel backwards from the impact. Her shoulders sour from the jolt and her cheek burning fiercely from not shielding herself from his backhand. As Sesshoumaru focused on removing Kagome's unnaturally strong grip, Kagome sent her chi to wrap around his left wrist. Shock passed over Sesshoumaru's face for a brief moment as an audible click came to his ears instead the chi attack he had expected, cold metal clamped around his wrist. Snarling, Sesshoumaru flung Kagome away from him, but as she flew backwards, she grabbed a piece of chain attached to the manacle on his wrist.
The force he had flung Kagome with dragged him toward her, which prevented him from removing the manacle. Kagome sent another wave of chi after his other wrist, but he swiftly moved his arm out of the way, it missing him by a few inches. Sesshoumaru charged at her, her body still lay on the ground from where she had landed painfully. Kagome sent a wave of her chi into the chains to yank Sesshoumaru farther to the left, setting him slightly off balance. Kagome sent another wave of chi aimed at his throat, but he dodged once again and sent another whip attack after her. But he suddenly felt another clamp on his right wrist, causing the whip to strike Kagome across the stomach, instead of on her arms and legs where he had been aiming. Kagome screamed in pain, even as she sent another wave of chi, which clamped the final manacle around Sesshoumaru's throat. Sesshoumaru felt a strange tug on his strength as if the chains were draining his strength. His eyes glared coldly at Kagome, who was weakly rising to her feet.
Kagome smiled with triumph, "I finally got you my pet. But isn't it ironic, that the great all mighty Sesshoumaru, Lord of the West, would be captured by a lowly human?" Kagome laughed as she limped slowly towards him, the now snarling Sesshoumaru. His eyes glowed slightly red from the insult. "Oh don't look at me like that; I am sure you will get used to your new position. And if you're a good boy, I just might give you a treat." Kagome's eyes widened when Sesshoumaru stood, his body swayed slightly, but other than that he gave no sign that the chains were draining him at all. Sparks danced around his hand as he began to pull the manacles off. With each one that he removed, Kagome would back farther away from him. With wide eyes, Kagome shook her head in shock, "That's impossible, how could you possibly… You should be too weak from the chains; they should be too strong for you too…"
Sesshoumaru appeared before her, grabbing her b y the throat, as she kicked at him with frustration. "Next time you want to try using something like this on me, I suggest you get one from a very powerful demon." A sneer spread across his face "Now you on the other hand, these will work perfectly well."
Kagome screamed wildly, summoning up her chi to lash out at Sesshoumaru, but her strength from the battle had weakened and her chi came to slow to strike at him, he clamped the manacle on her throat. Kagome felt all the strength faded instantly. The Shikon No Tama flared briefly as Kagome tried to summon up her chi, but the power was quickly drained into the chains. Sesshoumaru let Kagome go, her body dropped to the ground unable to gather the strength to land on her feet. Picking up the other end of the chain, Sesshoumaru pulled Kagome to her feet and began dragging her along behind him, ignoring her stumbling and difficulty with keeping up with him. He dragged her back to where she had left her previous companion's weapons, before turning back to her. "Now you are going to tell me where the Tetsusaiga is."
With droopy eyes, Kagome glared up at Sesshoumaru, "I will never tell where it is. And when I finally free myself, I will kill you like I did your brother." A snap could be heard as Sesshoumaru back handed her, Kagome's cheek turned a bright red as she toppled over from the impact. "You will learn to watch your mouth with me. So I suggest you keep your threats to yourself. You will learn your place and some manners during the time I allow you to live."
"Don't worry Mommy, let him grow relaxed, and when he makes a mistake, that is when we will strike. After all he can't guard us forever…" As Shippo's voice began to fade once again, Kagome felt a strange calm sooth her nerves. Sesshoumaru eyed her suspiciously, as she followed behind with exhaustion. Her wounds from the fight still bled lightly.
"Lord Sesshoumaru I have found you at last," Jaken quickly ran over from a cluster of buildings. The staff of two heads swaying as he ran, Jaken stopped at Sesshoumaru's feet, his breathing coming out in short gasps, "Lord Sesshoumaru-sama, your faithful servant has returned!" Much to Sesshoumaru's annoyance, Jaken took his time before reporting on the task given to him. Growling to make Jaken aware that he wasn't in a very patient mood, Sesshoumaru glared down at him. Jaken jumped slightly at the growl, quickly straitening up, Jaken looked proudly up at Sesshoumaru. "I have accomplished what you have asked. After a little bit of persuasion of course." Jaken tapped the staff of two heads on the ground to emphasis his point. "They said that it should be read by the time you came to retrieve it." Jaken eyed Kagome with distaste, and shook his staff at her menacingly, "Be grateful you retched creature. If it had been me, you would be dead right now."
Kagome hissed at Jaken, "If it had been you, you would be dead long ago. But you can go ahead and continue doing what you're doing. After all, I'm sure you don't want his highnesses royal foot going up you're…!" Kagome was suddenly cut off, when said foot suddenly made contact with her backend, sending her into the dirt. She hissed angrily as Jaken howled with laughter.
"Jaken," Sesshoumaru looked down at Jaken, letting the threat hang in the air. Sesshoumaru began dragging Kagome along before she could completely right herself. She stumbled often, her body exhausted from the constant draining of the chains. Kagome struggled when she suddenly found herself thrown over Sesshoumaru's shoulder, a cloud seeming to form beneath his feet. Kagome struggled as much as she could, but something hard hit her head, her body slumped as she blacked out.
"I still don't know why you don't just force the information out of her Lord Sesshoumaru-sama. Then we could just kill her and be done with her. But now we have to deal with two of these pathetic creatures."
"Jaken…" Jaken looked at his Lord nervously, Sesshoumaru's warning tone sending shivers down his spine. "We need her in order to find out where the sword is, and there are other things that need to be found out. There are some… tests that I need to make." Shifting Kagome so that she was now cradled in his arm, Sesshoumaru stared down at her face with curiosity. The slight pulses from the Shikon No Tama drew his eyes, a frown forming on his face.
Kagome groaned as she sat up, dead leaves clung to her hair. She gazed about the meadow that stretched out before her, desolate and lonely; looking up at the tree she sat under. No leaves hung on its branches, blood dripping from slashes in its trunk. Kagome shivered as an icy breeze blew at her. Slowly coming to her feet, her body swayed as pain coursed through her. Kagome picked a random direction and started walking; the wind slowly began pushing harder at her. Tears slowly streamed down her face, "it wasn't my fault… It wasn't… They brought it upon themselves. Please… Forgive me Shippo. I only want to see you again, if only for one moment. Please don't leave me… Ah there," Kagome quickly ran to a cave in the distance, hoping to get out of the wind.
Collapsing, Kagome curled up in the fatal position and began to cry. "Shippo… Shippo…" Small hand touched Kagome's cheek lightly, but when Kagome opened her eyes, whoever it had been vanished. Sitting up quickly, she pushed her back against the wall and wrapped her arms around her tucked up knees.
"Don't worry Mommy… I sent someone to you, so don't be sad. So don't be lonely, you don't have to be alone no more."
Kagome's head was pounding when she finally awoke, her eyes squinted shut just wanting the pain to subside. Slowly opening her eyes, she found herself in what seemed to be a servant's room. Her eyes narrowed when she realized why she was there. Her hand quickly came up to touch the manacle on her throat; the cold metal filled her with rage, even as it drained her energy and strength. The chain linked to the manacle was attached to the wall by the bed. Kagome yanked on the chain in furry, her legs getting twisted up in the covers. Her head jerked towards the door as it opened to reveal Sesshoumaru, a smirk upon his face. Kagome tried to leap at him, but the blankets wrapped around her legs and the weight of the chains caused her to fall at his feet. Kagome glared up at Sesshoumaru, an amused expression on his face. Her eyes were drawn to what looked like a metal dog collar in his hand, strange symbols and intricate designs covered it.
"You haven't seen one of these have you? In a way it's something quite similar to what you stuck on my brother. The only difference is this is for humans, well it does have a few other differences but you will find that out in time. Not many can get their hands on this because of how it is made." Kagome backed away from him, feeling nervous at the site of a gleam in his eyes. "It would make things far too difficult if you were constantly exhausted because of those chains you have on now. You will give me Tetsusaiga whether you want to or not."
"Never," Kagome tried to dart away, but she once again tripped over chains and blankets. Sesshoumaru grabbed her and began struggling to get the collar on, his frustration growing at the lack of an arm to use. He growled angrily when she bit into his arm, Sesshoumaru was forced to pin her to the floor. Forcing her arms to her side, then pinning them there with his thighs. Settling most of his weight on top of her so she couldn't move, he first reached to remove the Shikon No Tama from her. But sparks flew from it, even the chains were not able to suck in the power fast enough to keep it from singing his hand. Sesshoumaru yanked his hand away in slight surprise; he waited for the jewel to calm down before taking the collar to put on her.
Kagome gasping with exhaustion from struggling had tried to scratch at his face before he had pinned her down, was now screaming at the top of her lungs, the pain from her wounds flared. Kagome paused long enough to gasp for air, before she started swinging her head back and forth as she tried to bite him again. A yelp of surprise escaped Kagome when Sesshoumaru suddenly leaned down and bit her shoulder; she stared at him in shock as he slipped the collar on her. The markings on the collar glowed as he locked it into place, and took off the manacle. Sesshoumaru stood up, dragging Kagome up as well. Kagome attempted to summon her chi now that the chains were gone, but the symbols came to life and her chi settled down again. She looked up at Sesshoumaru with hatred, but he merely looked back at her with an amused look on his face.
Sesshoumaru took a few steps back as he watched her, "As you can already tell, that can do a bit more then what you had gotten on my foolish brother." Kagome tried to remove the collar, but it was latched firmly in place. Kagome glared defiantly up at the smirking Sesshoumaru. Sesshoumaru turned his back on Kagome and walked out of the room, as he entered the hall he turned his head in her direction. "Come," his tone was mischievous; his eyes twinkled at her with amusement. When Kagome didn't immediately follow his command, the collar flared to life, her legs moving on their own. Sesshoumaru walked down the hall, Kagome was helpless, but too follow; the collar gave her no choice.
The wind howled outside of the deserted castle sitting in the middle of a completely dead forest. Howls from those long dead vibrated off of the ancient walls, as ghostly figures wandered endlessly, as they are forced to relive their moments of death. They filled the halls as they wandered, the castle still stained from their deaths. Among the howls of misery there could be heard laughter coming from the basement below the castle. A dark figure walked among the bodies of those who had recently been mutilated, the smell of decay hung about the room. The corpses of an elderly man hung limply. Placing a pale hand on the aged face, the figure chuckled.
"Foolish old man, did you really think you could stop me? It has already begun. After all these years of careful planning and manipulating. So you see old man, your attempt was futile. The prophecy you predicted will never happen. All I have to do is dispose of that annoying pest you attempted to put in my way. But that won't last for too long. I get whatever I want after all. And there is nothing you or your little prophecy can do about it. Your prophecy will die along with you old man. There will be no one to remember you for it either."
There was a shift in the air, as if a restless sigh. A ghostly figure of the old man hung above the body, his soulless eyes gazing at the figure. His voice came out in a haunting rasp, "The prophecy will be fulfilled, and the land of the dead will be the meeting point as the destinies of many collide. Two worlds will become one as the child of light and the child of darkness bring the world into unity. The prophecy cannot be stopped. So it has been foretold, and so it will be. You will fail to stop it. No one can stop what was meant to be. And you cannot be that child of darkness. One had already been chosen, even if you force my people and I here, burdened with our deaths." The castle shook with the screams of the dead as night drew closer, the hour of their death drawing close once again. The ghostly figure arched in agony as he sent his own wail of tortured pain. "The prophecy will come to pass."
The dark figure growled in irritation, "Say what you will, but that light can't exist in darkness long without being tainted. I will drive the light away, it will be concurred by my darkness, and I will win this old man."
The ghostly figure drew quiet once again; his wise ancient eyes bore into the figures face, "The darkness cannot conquer the light. Nor can the light conquer the darkness. They can only meet and find a balance, to create neutral ground. One cannot exist without the other. You cannot change the path of the prophecy. No matter what you may try, you cannot bring forth your dream into reality. The child of light and the child of darkness will bring peace to the calamity and restore the balance to what you have brought into chaos."
The figure narrowed his eyes at the aged soul, "We shall see old man. We shall see." With that he turned to walk among the decaying corpses, candles dimly showed the shadowed shapes. Bodies hung upon the wall in grotesques fashions. The figure gazed around, his body trembling with suppressed laughter.
Here you go, lol come on did you guys really think that I could bring myself to kill off Sesshoumaru of all people? I mean, how I could possibly do that without making him look pathetic? Besides I love Sesshoumaru as much as all of you guys do. I hope you enjoyed some of the things I have put in this fanfic. I had a lot of fun with this chapter. And Kaitlin, no more about the Magic sex chains. Sesshoumaru would not need to resort to such things. Lol sorry guys inside joke I suppose.
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