DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN INUYASHA OR SESSHOMARU OR ANY CHARACTERS EXCEPT FOR MIZUKI, MAKOTO, YURAI, LORD TENEBRAE, AI, AND MIZU'S PARENTS. THEY ARE MY OCS! COOKIES TO ALL WHO UNDERSTAND THAT!
~LADY VALKYRIA
Chapter Eleven
~Lady Mizuki POV~
It's been exactly a month since Mizuki left the safety of Lord Sesshomaru's castle. It had been difficult to evade demons but staying in her human disguise was the wisest decision ever. Of course, she would end up getting targeted regardless by demons but not for lust because humans were pathetic to them. They wanted to kill her, and well, she had to disappoint them.
Now that her heat was over, Mizuki didn't have to stay hidden but something was telling her not to change back yet, at least not in her true form. Instead, Mizuki took on her hanyou form instead, so that she was not completely powerless. Besides, she got a lot of research done this month… 'Oh who am I kidding, nothing is as interesting as Lord Sesshomaru.' Mizuki pouted at the thought of him, her thoughts clouded with images of his cold stature, "Is he even thinking of me? He is probably delighted that I did him the favor and left. Lord Sesshomaru would never deal with the likes of me ever again…"
Mizuki kept walking until she overheard a group of people talking. A strikingly familiar scent caught her by surprise. She felt herself panic thinking it was Sesshomaru. Mizuki peeked through the bushes and saw that the scent had belonged to a man with long white hair, dog ears, and a boyish face. He wore a red yukata, barefoot with purple prayer beads around his neck.
She saw the man stop and sniff the air. Mizuki watched him growl slightly, and he began to head in her direction. She panicked again and quickly scurried away from the bushes. The man stopped in front of her and he towered over Mizuki after she fell back on her butt. "Who the hell are you?! Why were you watching us?! Did Naraku send you?!" Mizuki shivered at the name of that man, and quickly countered, "I have nothing to do with that pathetic man! My name is…Miyu."
The man stared at her, and his eyes softened a little bit. "You're a hanyou too?" Mizuki's eyes widened and she smelled his scent again. He was indeed a half demon, her eyes glistened but she quickly ignored her feeling of interrogating him for research. "Of course! I'm so glad to finally see a friendly hanyou! Oh, but who are these people behind you?"
Mizuki finally took notice of the entire group. One of them was a demon slayer woman, who seemed to carry a cute little white fox demon, a monk, a young girl in strange clothing and a young demon fox. The hanyou scoffed but introduced himself and everyone, "My name is Inuyasha. That's Kagome," He pointed at the strange clothed girl, and continued, "The demon slayer is named Sango, the little fox in her arms is Kilala, the little brat is Shippo, and the monk is named… MIROKU!"
Mizuki was confused as to why Inuyasha had yelled the name of the monk until she noticed him making his way over to her. He took Mizuki's hands and spoke sweetly to her, "As you've heard, my name is Miroku and Miyu, you are truly beautiful. But as I am a monk, I only but have one question. Will you bare my children?" Miroku had asked happily, Mizuki was baffled by the question. She noticed Sango had a dark aura surrounding her, and already knew he had just made a death wish.
Mizuki merely smiled back at Miroku and spoke, "Why thank you for your… kind offer. But I will have to decline, for you see there is already someone special in my heart… But I feel that I am no longer worthy of him after a series of events…" She felt the tears slide down her cheeks again and noticed Inuyasha had wiped the tears away. He comforted her, "It's okay Miyu, that bastard doesn't know what he just lost." Mizuki chuckled at his words and smiled, the tears were gone. Kagome spoke up, "Yes Miyu! Why don't you join us? We are looking for the sacred jewel shards. The more the merrier!"
Mizuki smiled and accepted their offer, "I would be delighted to join your group. But please do me one favor…" The group nodded and asked, "Whatever you want Miyu." She spoke kindly but her words were like venom, "Please keep that lecherous monk from touching me any further. His advances make me extremely uncomfortable." They all agreed and glared at Miroku, who merely shrunk away from view in fear of his group.
~Another Month later~
Mizuki had been traveling with the Inuyasha group for a month now. She felt herself growing weaker as she kept up her hanyou disguise. Mizuki had to reveal the truth otherwise she will change back when she didn't want to… She stopped in front of the group and spoke, "There is something I must tell you all… It's been tormenting me keeping the truth from you but, I can no longer hide it…"
Inuyasha watched her suspiciously and the group all nodded waiting for her to continue. Mizuki took a deep breath and transformed into her true form, "My name is Lady Mizuki and I am a full-blooded dog demon. But I'm different from the other ones… I love humans and hanyous. I have an odd fascination with them, and I only change my form to a human or hanyou for further research. But I can't keep the form for too long…"
Instead of them being angry with her, they smiled, "That's great Lady Mizuki, we are friends and I'm glad you could tell us." She smiled at them, but it appeared that Inuyasha was the only one that looked hurt. Mizuki reached out to touch his shoulder but he backed away from her. "Don't touch me! All you demons are the same! I thought I could relate with another half demon but instead, you were actually a demon!"
She frowned at his painful words, "Do you wish for me to leave? I will since I've wronged you so much Inuyasha…" Mizuki turned to leave but felt her legs give out from beneath herself. Miroku caught her and asked, "Are you all right, Lady Mizuki?" She smiled at him until she felt his hand grope her bottom. Mizuki glared at him and quickly got off his arms after slapping him, "Perverted monk! Like I had mentioned earlier… I am weak from retaining my hanyou form… Could I rest with you until I am ready to depart?"
They all agreed and Inuyasha scoffed, "Do whatever you want, I don't care." She sighed, and they helped her in a tent. Mizuki laid down, her head full of thoughts, 'I must fix this between Inuyasha and I… Perhaps later tonight I can speak privately with him.' I fell asleep instantly.
~Later in the evening~
Mizuki awoke and noticed it was nighttime. She quietly stood up, glad that she had regained some of her strength. Mizuki saw Inuyasha sitting on a branch of a tree, watching the forest intently. She carefully climbed up the tree and sat beside him. He appeared to ignore her presence and she began, "Inuyasha… Please do not hate me… I… I didn't enjoy lying to any of you, and you are an amazing friend to me. I love the fact that you are a half demon."
Inuyasha turned to meet her eyes and asked, "Really?" She smiled, and continued, "Of course! You are the first half demon I've liked. The last thing I would want is to lose our great friendship." He focused back on the forest and nodded, "Yeah you're right… I guess I should've given you a chance earlier." Mizuki shook her head in disagreement, "I do not blame you for you being offensive, after all, I did keep a secret from you. But I only wanted your forgiveness…"
He smiled and nodded, "Alright, I forgive you Mizuki." Mizuki smiled in return and then asked him, "Inuyasha… could you do me one favor?" He met her eyes again, and answered, "Sure, anything you want." She giggled and asked him happily, "Inuyasha can I observe you!" She caught him off guard as he jumped, and he blushed, "O-Observe?!"
Mizuki nodded and continued, "Of course! I have never gotten the chance to do research on a half-demon before! Please Inuyasha, allow me to observe you! I would be so happy!" He thought about it for a while and spoke, "Alright I will be your research subject, but I want to do something first." She was curious and tilted her head to the side waiting for his response, "Yes?" He leaned closer to her face and whispered, "Become mine." Then he captured her lips in a passionate kiss. Mizuki was in complete shock of what was occurring and did not snap back into reality until she felt his tongue slid across her bottom lip.
Before Mizuki could pull away, Inuyasha broke the kiss and put her behind him. She heard him growl at the forest, someone was there watching. The wind floated a familiar scent to Mizuki's nose, as she gasped in surprise. The mysterious person walked out from the woods, Sesshomaru's eyes met Mizuki's. He growled at Inuyasha and spoke in a cold tone, "Release my mate, hanyou! I will not have you corrupt her!"
