A/N: He's the next chapter. Sorry it's so late, but I took the PSAT today and for some reason felt so excited about it, I felt like updating. Well I'll let you guys get back to the story.
The Legend of the Ginsei Inu Tenshi
Chapter 10: You Don't Control Me
DeadlyDisaster/AristocraticAssassinLover
Sesshomaru sat anxiously behind his desk debating where he should go from here.
'Should I go for outside help?' He growled, and banished the wayward thought from his head ruthlessly.
'This Sesshomaru needs no help; he will figure this out on his own. My first action should be to confront the issue anyway. I will not run from it any longer!' He had the urge to nod his head, but ignored it. He was already slightly insane he didn't want to give his servants any more evidence. With strong determination he stood to go and find the little hellion/angel.
"That insufferable demon makes me so... angry!" Kagome had been ranting about Sesshomaru to Emi for hours now, but Kagome being so preoccupied never noticed when she gave an exasperated sigh and slipped out of the room.
"He thinks he's so high and mighty, when he has no right to be." She said, ignoring the little voice in the back of her head that was pointing out that he did rule the entire Western lands and had the title of strongest demon alive; certainly that was enough reason to be so arrogant.
"I hate him!!" She screeched, letting the rest of her anger into loud burst.
"Wow Kagome, I feel bad for that poor soul that has you this riled up." an entering servant whistled.
"Shut up Hakaku. I don't have the patience for your idiocy right now." Kagome said keeping her back to him.
"Ouch Kagome, that one hurt." Hakaku dramatically cried, placing his hand over his heart and the other on his forehead, pretending to become lightheaded and faint. Opening his eyes from his position on the floor, he winked at Kagome.
She couldn't help but crack a smile.
Hakaku and her went way back to when she first came to the palace. He was always her escape route after committing some kind of mayhem. He could also mask scents and auras so that no one could trace the chaos back to her. He was always there to cheer her up to with his exaggerated actions and silly words.
"AH HA!! So you can smile! And here I thought that, that frown on your face was permanent." He snickered.
Kagome laughed.
"I knew there was a reason I kept you around." Kagome stated more to herself than anyone in particular. Hakaku plopped down on the bed beside her.
"But you have been frowning a lot lately and I heard that you pranked the great lord." He whispered the last part. He scooted back a little when that trademark light entered her eyes.
"It wasn't that hard, I can ensnare anyone I so choose in my traps. It just takes time and patience,"
"Which you are certainly lacking…" He cut her off, and she gave him the glare of death, upset that he interrupted her gloating session.
"As I was saying, it just takes planning. I am a mastermind after all." You could practically see her ego getting bigger and bigger by the second. Hakaku chuckled.
"Yeah, yeah. You better be careful though. While you have skills in the art of stealth and trickery, he has an army! If he decides to retaliate you are definitely in for it." At her crestfallen look he continued.
"But I will be there to bail you out, just like old times." She laughed and threw her arms around him in a giant bear hug, which he happily returned.
Then the door opened and they heard a ground-quaking growl.
Sesshomaru had been on his way to talk to the troublesome girl when he heard voices coming from her room.
"Yeah, yeah you better be careful though. While you have skills in the art of stealth and trickery, he has an army! If he decides to retaliate you are definitely in for it…." Recognizing it as a male's voice, he felt an indescribable amount of…annoyance? Anger? Jealousy?...The voices continued,
"But I will be there to bail you out, just like old times." Sesshomaru instantly decided that no male in his domain was good enough for Kagome. None would be able to handle her should she lose control.
Does that mean that you are considering taking the girl as your mate? His beast smugly asked.
'Nonsense.' He replied to his beast.
Then she has every right to spend her time with other males. It argued.
He decided to ignore his beast for the time being and opened the door to see Kagome and a servant hugging. Without conscious thought he let out a loud growl unintentionally warning said male to step back.
Kagome whipped her head around ready to defend herself against a monster, only to sigh when she spotted Sesshomaru in her doorway.
"What do you want?" She whined. Sesshomaru's eyes were trained solely on the boy plastered to the floor in the most unintimidating way. Kagome noticing his stare, kneeled down next to him and whispered in his ear, "Hakaku you are dismissed. I'll talk to you later." He gave her a scared look, took a glance at Sesshomaru and was gone in a flash. There was no way he was going to stick around and deal with an angry Sesshomaru. That was Kagome's territory.
When he was gone she turned to Sesshomaru, "Now why did you have to go and scare him like that? He didn't do anything to you." She sank back down onto the bed with a sigh. Sesshomaru stared hard at the door for a moment longer and then declared that Kagome would never again touch a male without his direct permission.
3…2…1…
"WHAT?!"
"I believe you understood me perfectly well. You will no longer have any physical contact with the male species." He calmly stated.
"You are not my mother and therefore have no say with whom I associate!" She exclaimed.
"I am Lord and therefore I have every say with whom you associate."
"Grrrr! I don't have to put up with this!" She went to storm out of the room, but a firm grip around her upper arm slowed her momentum.
"Let me go!!" She tried to jerk out of his grasp, but his grip held strong.
"Why do you insist on defying me at every turn?" He asked, genuinely curious. She stopped in her struggles for a moment.
"Because you always command me to do stuff that is either completely unreasonable or you command me to do it so rudely. I am a person and have feelings. I might be more open to suggestions rather than commands." She huffed.
"So you're telling me that if I asked you nicely, you would obey my orders?" He asked with an eyebrow raised.
"No, but maybe if you treated me with a little respect, I wouldn't be so rude to you. I treat you exactly how you treat me," he raised an eyebrow, "...for the most part."
He swung her around and sat her on the bed.
"I still have complete control over you anyways." Sesshomaru suddenly announced.
"What are you talking about?" He leaned over and reached down the collar of her kimono lifting up the chain he had given to her. He held it at eye level and then took a step back.
"Pinch yourself."
"Wha-OW!" She said rubbing her abused hand.
"This necklace, you…you…enchanted it! I can't believe you!!" Kagome was practically boiling with fury.
"I had no way to get you to behave, hopefully this will work." She gave him a look that would freeze hell and then stomped out to the gardens twisting out of his grasp when he went to reach for her.
"The girl will learn in time, that I am her master, whether she wishes it or not." Sesshomaru said to the empty room and then exited deciding to head to his study.
"I hate him."
Kick.
"I Hate Him!"
Kick.
"I HATE HIM!!"
Kick. Smash.
Kagome looked up from the ground, and saw that the rock she had been kicking around the garden pathway had shattered a most likely priceless vase.
"Good serves the jerk right!" She walk over to a koi pond and sat down, slipping off her shoes and sticking her feet in, laughing when the fish would come over and bite her toes.
"I can't believe that he would take me out, let me get attacked by those monstrous women, and then save me only to give me a chain that I later find out is enchanted and is used to control me!!" Her voice rose until the whole castle could hear her. She reached up and wrapped her hand around the chain.
"He makes me sooo furious!" She closed her eyes and yanked hard on the chain, choking herself and only making herself more enraged.
If only she had kept them open she would have seen how her hand had shined an eerie blue, straining the chain.
She opened her eyes and glared at a random tree across from her plotting Sesshomaru's demise that she fully intended on carrying through.
When and it was going to be a when, she got this stupid chain off, he was going to be screwed!!
She slapped the pond's surface, scaring all the fish away.
"I think I should pay Sesshomaru a little visit."She sneered menacingly, frightening a nearby squirrel.
When the door to his study slammed open, he knew that the girl was going to make a fool out of either himself or her.
"Sesshomaru!" He let out a breath slightly heavier than normal, but looked up anyway.
Oh goody, he was correct. It was Kagome.
He gave her a quick glance and then turned back to the treaty he was reading.
"You will not ignore me." She growled and slammed her hand on his desk, slightly cracking the wood to his amazement.
"If you don't remove this chain, I will never speak to you again!." She threatened.
"Is that another empty threat, or a promise?" He quipped back. She growled at him and stood, walking to the door.
"I am going out, don't wait up." She called back over her shoulder.
"You are going nowhere." He said getting ready to stop her. What was with her and thinking she had the right to order him around?
She turned around and gave him a look that had even him thinking twice. Before he scoffed at the thought and glared right back.
"I am going, and you will not follow!" She snarled and then turned, finally storming out the door.
'That immature girl needs to be taught a lesson. I suppose it's best to wait until she returns, so that she is somewhat calm. She will learn not to cross me.' Sesshomaru thought.
Climbing the wall in the back gardens and hopping onto the tree, with a package tucked under her arm, she declared,
"He will not ruin my son's birthday that I am already late for!" Landing at the base she began her walk.
If only she noticed the eyes that followed her every move.
A/N: There it is. We're finally going to move into the action-y part of the plot. Romance, humor and action: yummy. LOL. Well I hope the next chapter gets released sooner. We'll see what happens. Until next time...
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