4º - Meet Sesshomaru
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Kagome was nervous. All her life she had followed the rules given to her. She was supposed to be well behaved. But now, maybe because she was reaching the mating age, she was feeling that she didn´t belong here anymore. She felt like she was supposed to be elsewhere. Her heart was screaming for her to break free of all the chains that now held her in place.
It was time. The whole house was asleep. She could almost hear her master´s snores. Taking a deep breath, she picked up her bag, opened the window and came to realize something. Her room was on the top floor. Which meant that she would have to jump three floors. "It´s going to be okay, Kagome… Deep breath, come on!"
Taking all her courage, she sent her backpack first. With any luck when she made the jump, she would be able to land on top of it and make a soft landing. And luck was on her side. It was in the middle of fall, so there were many leaves on the ground. Apparently, the floor outside her window was the place of choice to collect all the leaves, making the perfect spot for a girl trying to escape. She toke a deep breath and made her jump.
Once outside, she knew she had to be quick. Her aura was still small since she had yet to pass her mating age, but her master knew her for almost two hundred years. She was positive that if he woke up before she left the gardens, she would be in trouble.
Running and staying as close to the ground as possible, she ran away from the house. But instead of running to the city, she chose the forest. It would not be safe to travel through the wild forest, but in the village, people talked. And if her master came looking for her, she would be discovered more easily.
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She walked for days. The truth was that she didn´t know where she was going. But her heart apparently had some destiny picked out for her. So she just followed her instincts.
Definitely the worst day was the first. She had to buy supplies before she could find her way through the forest. She had to sell two of her best kimono for half the price they were worth, but it was enough to buy food for two weeks. She just had to ration her supplies.
After the first day, everything was calm. She entered the forest, following the river; that way she was making sure that she wasn´t walking in circles. The sun was also a way of guidance. She met very few people during her escape. "I´m starting to believe that people are far too smart to find themselves in this kind of situation. But not me… Nooooo! Kagome is far too stupid and decided that the best plan was run in the jungle like a fucking wild beast."
Her hands, feet, back, even her head was hurting. She never had an easy life. However, traveling was difficult, especially when she tried to hunt without her powers as she would not come into them until her mating age. Well, she never had sunk so low. It was quite funny actually. Especially when her ass ended up in the water and the rabbit she was chasing escaped.
The days were passing by and she saw herself doing the same routine every day. Wake up, erase all traces of her presence made during the night, walk until her feet hurt, take a break for lunch, keep walking and stop when it became dark. If she was lucky, she would find a nice place to spend the night with a hot spring nearby. But that didn´t happen all the time, and it was far too dangerous to walk alone during the night.
During the first days, it was relatively easy to keep count of the passage of time. But soon it was practically impossible. She was getting tired. Too tired. Her food was running out, she couldn´t see any village nearby, and hunting… Well, one cold bath was good enough, thank you very much.
It would be easier if she had any kind of powers. One of the things she would gain would be speed, strength and endurance. For now, she wasn't much stronger than a human.
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Within a month without seeing anything but the trees and the natural life, Kagome was getting quite despaired. This was far too hard when compared to what she thought it would be. Once again, she was exhausted, and it was getting too dark to keep on walking.
She decided then it was time for a stop. Putting her backpack on the ground, she sat with her back leaned against a tree. Closing her eyes, she started reviewing all her journey so far. It wasn't easy, but she had made the right choice. She would be miserable if she was force to satisfy a man that she didn´t love. Just the thought of being forced to let a man touch her body because she was a slave made her queasy and angry. That fate would eventually destroy her since she would do everything to escape, even kill herself if necessary.
Obviously she would die anyway. Her food had run out the day before. And she had no clue where the closest village was located.
"I ran away to avoid a terrible destiny that would eventually kill me, to just end up dead and alone in an unknown forest. Perfect. Just brilliant of me."
Suddenly, she wasn't so alone anymore.
"That's right princess… But if you don´t want to die, you will do as I say!"
Next to her was a male, a human. He looked to be in his thirties. His clothes were old and used, his hair looked like an dead animal, and his beard gave him a look of a wild beast. His body odor made Kagome want to throw up, and in his hand was a sharp knife.
However, his eyes scared her the most. He looked like a person ready to commit murder and rape, whichever came first. And the knife he was holding wasn´t helping. She had to run away that was for sure. Slowly, very slowly, she began to rise to her feet.
But it was almost like he could read her thoughts. He grabbed her by her waist and dragged her to the ground again. With him on top of her, it was difficult to breathe. The knife was now at her throat, making every move limited. She had worked too hard and for far too long to die here.
"What do you want?" Her voice didn´t betray her fear; though, inside she was shaking and crying like a pup. But she wouldn´t give this pathetic man the pleasure of seeing her scared.
"You smell so good. If you behave yourself, I will let you enjoy this."
The man, this… monster, smelled like alcohol and was probably drunk. He had buried his nose in her neck and she could feel his horrible breath, but she was more worried about how she could free herself from his gasp. She only needed one good hit, and he would go down. But her body wasn´t responding like it should. In the last month, she skipped many meals. She could see that she had lost a lot of weight, and she was very weak.
She then felt his disgusting hands on her breasts, his cock pressed against her sex. Everything became much more real to her. She did the only thing she could… she screamed. "Louder, scream louder!" he laughed at her cries, enjoying them, and in fact, she was unwittingly encouraging him to do more.
The man was busy trying to take his pants off, so he never saw it, but she did, a god in white. He appeared in the clearing where she was about to be raped.
"I give you two seconds to disappear. Otherwise, your life is mine to take." His voice was rather smooth and calm as he spoke. But there was something about his tone, like he was making a promise of suffering and death.
The drunk human got up, and Kagome was able to breathe again. However, the man didn´t let her go. He grabbed her hair and pull her up. Kagome was feeling so weak, she didn´t even complain. Before the man could say anything else, the white god attacked. The head of the drunken man flew off his shoulders while his blood was spilled all over the place. The once white god was now covered with the disgusting, red substance of the drunken man. And even then, all Kagome could see was perfection.
"Filthy human…" His words were still said with an absolute calm voice. He had just killed someone, but he was relaxed. It was just another day for him, apparently.
Her legs were shaking and the lack of food wasn´t helping. Kagome lost all her strength at that point.
The ground was getting closer and closer.
However, she never reached it. The white god enveloped her in his arms and wrapped his tail around her. She felt safe then. He had saved her and she was alive because of him.
"Thank you…" Her voice was nothing but a whisper. Nevertheless, he caught her words.
"You are safe. Rest."
She let her mind slip into unconsciousness. She needed to rest and the man, this god, would keep her safe. Of that she was sure.
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*A big thank you to my beta, BelovedStranger! She's absolutely amazing!
