Bark at the Moon
an Inuyasha fanfiction
by: Sakura Onna
Chapter 7: Bakusui's informed
Sesshomaru stood up from the ground. He glanced at Rin and saw that she looked much happier than she had been earlier in the day. It seemed that the girl was back to her normal self. He gave a slight command to Kimiko and Rin to follow and turned back to the direction he had left Jaken and Ah-Un. Jaken was going to be very boisterous about it, but Kimiko would now be traveling with them. He wasn't sure yet what degree of thrilledness he was over it but it made the most sense if he was going to try to use her to get the advantage in a fight against Inuyasha or Naraku. What good is having a new, or secret, weapon if it's not there to use when it could come in handy most? Besides, this would count toward getting rid of that pesky life debt he owed her, even though she had yet to even breathe one word of it. It was after he heard Rin start to follow slowly that he noticed Kimiko wasn't following. He looked over his shoulder to glare at her. What was the woman's problem now? She hadn't moved a single step. Rin looked up at Sesshomaru then looked over at Kimiko in question.
Kimiko stood still and tensed. He had agreed a bit too easily this time after his first rejection of giving her any form of aid. Kimiko tilted her head slightly so a portion of her hair that Rin hadn't bound in a braid fell forward hiding half her face. The Shunken no Ryuuten rested partially against her right shoulder ready at the slightest sign of threat and was gripped in her right hand. What was he planning?
"If you want this Sesshomaru to uphold his part of the deal, you must uphold yours. Things will be much simpler and easier if you follow this Sesshomaru." he stated as he tilted his own head in an arrogant way.
"And why would it be simpler?" Kimiko shot back tightening her grip on the shaft of the naginata.
"Traveling with this Sesshomaru will make things simpler because then you and this Sesshomaru will be present when the other's foe appears." He folded his hands into the sleeves of his haori and lifted his chin even more. "It will make fulfilling the deal easier and faster."
Jerk! His arrogance was starting to set her teeth on edge. It hadn't even been an hour since she and Rin had come to this clearing and the deal was made, and Kimiko
already wanted to hit him and wipe that look off him. She was not going to bow to his will just like that.
"Lord Bakusui," Oruku paused as he entered the room the Eastern Lord sat in, staring silently at a crystal sphere he held in his lap intently as if he could see something inside the sphere that was highly interesting or important. The sphere was perfectly round, 10 inches in diameter, and clear blood red. Oruku got chills down his spine just from looking at the sphere in his lord's hands. He could not fathom the purpose of the crystal or how it was made, but it gave off strong jaki of its own. Bakusui's ability to hold an object that contained so much power was beyond Oruku's comprehension.
"What is it vassal?" Bakusui growled not looking away from the crystal making it clear that he was not happy at having even part of his concentration broken by the lesser youkai. A hint of his fang gleamed in the light of the candle on the table before him.
Oruku swallowed hard before he continued to speak his voice shaky and rushed. He was afraid of his lord's reaction to the report he had gotten not long before from one of the spys he had sent out with the two hunting parties.
"Both parties sent after the girl have been annihilated, and the naginata, Shunken no Kyuuten, is now in her possession. It appears that she has formed an alliance with the Western Lord as well. Only one of the spys was able to return. The others that were sent with the parties were killed with the hunters."
Bakusui takes a deep breath before a growling sigh leaves him, "Was she harmed?"
Oruku takes a step back in shock before he regains his composure and clears his throat. This was not the question he expected to hear first, "Not from what I heard, Lord Bakusui."
"Good. It better stay that way. You are dismissed vassal."
"But, My Lord! What should be done about the girl?"
"Leave. Now." A deep throated growl escaped Bakusui and his face whipped away from the crystal at last to glare at Oruku. Bakusui's green eyes were surrounded by red and his lips were drawn away from his fangs in a silent hiss. The two curved stripes on either side of his face were jagged instead of their usual smoothness and his claws were lengthened. It was clear he was pissed and ready to tear Oruku to shreads if he lingered any longer.
Oruku's eyes widened and he ran from the room not bothering to make himself look more dignified when he reached the main halls. The Eastern Lord was that terrifying when angered. In that moment most would have said like father like son in comparison of Oruku to his son, Akachi, as they would have been reminded of Akachi's reactions to Kimiko.
Bakusui took a deep breath and sighed when he was alone once more in the room with the crystal. He slowly allowed his anger to seep away as he turned back to the crystal in his hands. At first the only thing that could be seen in the crystal was his own reflection, his own forest green eyes, his own reddish-gold hair, his own curved green half moon cheek markings, his own greenish-blue star shaped mark on his forehead, but slowly as his focus returned an image besides his own began to form. Soon the image of Kimiko formed fully and the flickering anger and stubbornness sparkled in her sky blue eyes plain as day. He could see Rin looking between Kimiko and Sesshomaru in helpless uncertainty and Sesshomaru's own frustration with the situation. Bakusui had always known that Kimiko was proud and stubborn just like her father even when she had been a child. A small smile of satisfaction curved Bakusui's lips as he observed the argument taking place between the two youkai and the young human stuck in the middle.
"Your spirit is as strong as ever, my little Kimiko. Just keep getting stronger because the stronger you become the better it will be when I tame you."
Bakusui licked his lips as his smile widens and possessiveness shined in his eyes. Much later he sent word to Oruku via servant to send out a few more groups of warriors to retrieve Kimiko and to make sure they didn't rough her up too badly. He wanted her brought to his castle alive.
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Kimiko and Sesshomaru glared at each other in a battle of wills each trying to get the other to back down. A high whining voice caught their attention as Jaken came in to the clearing.
"Milord how could you leave me behind, your faithful servent for so many years? How could you?! Rin, why did you take off like that?! And what is that vile woman doing here?! " Jaken panted for a few moments trying to regain his lost breath. Trailing loosely from his three fingered hand was the raigns of Ah-Un who looked about ready to take a bite out of the toad youkai if it wasn't for the mussels on both its mouthes. Jaken had clearly complaining the entire time he had been seperated from Sesshomaru and it was getting on the dragon's nerves.
"Jaken, she is here because she will now be travelling with us," Sesshomaru stated blandly turning away from Kimiko.
Jaken's jawdropped and his eyes bugged out more than normal," Are you sure that's a wise idea, Milord? I mean she can't be that much different from that Kagura woman. What if-"
Seshomaru glared at Jaken, and Jaken instantly silenced and plastered himself to the ground grovelling. "I do not need to explain myself to you."
He then turned and began to walk from the clearing forcing Jaken to get up. Kimiko hesitated for a moment then with a soft growl only Sesshomaru could hear she followed. Rin gave a sigh of relief that the fighting had stopped for now at least between Sesshomaru and Kimiko and skipped close to Kimiko's side as she followed Sesshomaru. He knew Rin was closer to Kimiko than him but decided to let it pass for now......
A/N: That's it for now. I know it's pretty short compared to some of the previous chapters, but I got a bit of writer's block forming and I got a ton of schoolwork lately. =_=" I don't like school alot and I am not looking forward to college next fall. Sorry it took so long to get this up. Hopefully I've added a bit of suspense to this.
What does Bakusui want with Kimiko? Why is he seeming like he might be a major perv? What f***ing species of youkai is he? Will there be another conflict/ confrontation between Kimiko and Sesshomaru next chapter to everyone's annoyance?
Answers maybe given next chapter. I could use some help with the species thing though. I know he's a carnivorous kind and not a feline. In simpler words he's a meat-eater and not a cat and also is some type of mammal. And no the crystal he has in this chapter isn't the Blood Crystal of the bat youkai, though it is similar in appearence to it. Please click that little green button below my text and tell me what you think. Leave me a review if you like. Leave me a review if you hate. And if you want leave me a review to chew me out over how long it took me to get this chapter up.
Til next time
~Sakura-Hime
