Chapter ten
Honourable
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"How dare you?" Kagome asked in a high, cold voice, covering her skin with the collar.
Sesshoumaru thought good riddance, for this insult, his grandfather will kill her! This meant he would be free, but then her words about his honour resonated in his mind. The miko was, dare he say, an ally. It was her that helped defeat Naraku. Her power was vast, the proof was the red charred skin on Shiroheki's face. She used her reiki only on that slap, showing the level of her control, which she didn't have in her earlier days.
Meanwhile, red started to seep into his grandfather's eyes, claws elongating. Sesshoumaru knew he had to decide then. With a fluid step he appeared in front of the woman, coming face to face with an enraged daiyoukai, "Pup, step aside!" growled Shiroheki.
"Desist," he demanded and his elder snarled.
"You dare order me?"
"You provoked her. What you did was dishonourable," Sesshomaru insisted. He grabbed the female's hand and jerked her back, preventing her from approaching the old dog.
"Are you stupid? Cease this instant!" Sesshomaru hissed through his teeth.
"I've had it with you dogs, and your despotic methods!" she said and tried to take a step. The younger daiyoukai jerked her again.
"Sesshoumaru control your female!" snapped his grandfather and both of them tensed.
Kagome's eyes squinted.
"This was your plan all along!" she accused the old yukai. "You manipulative old..."
"That's enough," ordered Sesshoumaru not releasing her hand.
"But he did it on purpose, so that you would react!" she insisted.
"This Sesshoumaru is aware."
"Well then why did you protect me? It's because what Inuayasha said?" she asked confused.
"Honour," he replied then added, "Why do you not wear a courting mark?"
Her shoulders slumped. "Inuyasha... he...He decided to wait,"
"Why?" Sesshomaru asked, confusion laced in his voice.
"Kikyo