Inuyasha crossover Saiunkoku Monogatari

Chapter 11: When Two Collide

Demons are starting to roam the lands again and this time most are unprepared after the numerous years of good winds and peaceful days. The common people started fearing of the worse that is to come, and had tried about everything to keep their family save. Kagome had gone around with simple charms, giving it to the people that really need it to keep them save despite of the warning that her teacher gives her that fell upon deaf ears.

Now, Kagome is more or less spend most of her time with her teacher in the little secret realm that her teacher had created as he stayed by her side, teaching her new things, if not sometimes disappearing on her for a long time period and coming back again with smiles and sometimes with gifts for her.

Sakujun who had people stationed in just about wherever they had exited the last time, and his patience has been rewarded when news reached him of her appearance, heading towards the nearest town with a marketplace, and that is where he was, waiting for her.

"I was hoping to catch you here," Sakujun half whispered that into her ears loud enough for her to hear even if she still wears her veiled bamboo hat that never leaves her whenever she ventures out, making her easy for him to find in many sense.

Kagome frowned as she turned her head towards him ever so slightly, but continued walking without much of a care for him.

"After a long period of not seeing one another, you're really cold," Sakujun complained with a whining like tone as he followed by her side whilst she shopped around the market.

"Why are you looking for me," Kagome asked when she finally stopped in her path to turn around and look at him.

"I missed you, I had tried visiting you during your stay in the Koku Province,"

This time Kagome frowned beneath the veiled bamboo hat as she looked at him through it with confused eyes. She had not known that he was looking for her then, or had even looked her up.

"I was painfully beaten away," Sakujun informed her with a pained look upon his face as he turned his head away with a sad look of grievance upon his face as always, guilt tripping her again.

"By who?" she asked, even though she more or less have a feeling who it might have been.

"A male with white hair and blue eyes," Sakujun replied her easily without hesitation as he looked at her in askance, but could not see much, only base on his senses of the feeling that she is giving off.

"I see," was all that she said, ignoring the look that he was giving her, wanting to know who the male is.

"What if I tell you that I like you?" Sakujun asked her out of the blue with an easy going smile that is always upon his face as he looked at her.

Kagome was silent for moments, looking at him almost in disbelieve at the words that he is saying. In the end, she could not help but to laugh at him openly for the first time even if she did try to control herself.

Sakujun frown when he saw her laugh, and was a rather displeased at her for laughing suddenly, and he was unsure why. He was merely asking a simple question, something had came up suddenly, not really expecting more or much aside from her rejecting him or something, but this was not within his expectation.

Xuan Long who was within the shadows watching, had a blackened face the whole time as he watches the whole time that they are interacting and talking, taking into ear of what they are talking about, and everything else that goes on between them.

Seeing that she was in no manner of stopping her laughter, Sakujun took her by the hand and lead her away from the eyes of others that are already looking at them because of her sudden outburst of laughter at him and without warning as well. It is a matter of 'face' for him as well, for a proud person like him do so mind it at times, especially times like this. It is humiliating, enough for him to warrant her early death. Though Sakujun do have that mild intention to, but did not.

Xuan Long saw them moved and followed after them silently, his stealth skill is something of a different level than that of those that Sakujun have hidden in the shadows as he continues to watch their interaction, his mood darkening the longer that he watches them.

"Stop laughing," Sakujun demand of her, his attention solely fixated on her with burning eyes as he watched her body still shake from the laughter that she was trying to keep under.

Sakujun was not pleased, much as he had not seen her laugh in front of him or smile as much or anything whenever she sees him, now that he sees it, he was not sure how to feel about it aside from being annoyed. It was just the wrong situation in which he would have liked to see her smile or laugh before of him.

He did something scandalous in the small side streets, his body hiding her from view of anyone that passes by, but most would not take note of the corner in which they are in or even that small alley at all. Kagome was surprised, stunned, and then she started struggling against him, pushing him away.

"How dare you touch her!" Xuan Long fumed as he pulled Kagome into his arms, shielding her away from the other, the aura around of him as he glared poison at the other.

Kagome looked wide-eyed, not quite able to keep up at the moment. One moment she was being forcefully kissed and the next, she was suddenly pulled out of the arms of another and into the arms of another again. If placed in the past, it might have been a thrill of sorts to know that there are a few males that are fighting over her, but in this instance, she somewhat frowned at it in mixed emotions.

"It's you again," Sakujun commented dryly with annoyance, his teeth gnashing together at the sight of the other, most especially with how close he is with Kagome, and she was not at all struggling to get out of his arms.

"Did he harm you?" Xuan Long asked Kagome in a gentle tone despite of the dangerous look that he has when he looked at Sakujun.

"Sensei…" Kagome called out to him, looking up at her teacher who is about a head taller than she is, glancing in Sakujun direction before giving him her answer.

"Hmph, stay away from Kagome from now onwards, if not your head will have to find another place to be," Xuan Long threatened the other, gathering Kagome into his arms before disappearing in front of Sakujun's eyes.

Xuan Long of course saw everything, but could not let his student know about how he was there throughout the whole process, she might just turn badly on him and he did not want anything bad to happen between the two of them.

"You should stay away from indecent beings like him," Xuan Long told her softly in a gentle manner, as though coaxing a child.

Kagome remained silent as she watches their surrounding, quickly landing on the ground in the middle of the forest somewhere with her teacher as she pushes herself away from his hold. Xuan Long smiled sadly at it, knowing that he too is in some way taking advantage of their relationship by being closer to her.

Sakujun would have followed, but somewhere when he was following after them, he lost track of the two suddenly and had searched the area nearby for them, only to not see either of them at all.

'I'm not letting her go that easily,' Sakujun thought firmly as he too disappeared on the spot to where no one knows.

"He's dangerous, you should stay away from him," Xuan Long told her, trying to not make it sound like an order, but instead received a frown from her.

"Sensei…" Kagome call out to him disapprovingly as she looked at him, stopping in the middle of the streets by his side whilst they did some shopping in another town that he had led her to.

"I'm just trying to look out for you," he said with a sigh, reaching out with a hand to under her veiled bamboo hat, touching the side of her face tenderly with affection.

"I know sensei, but he is not that bad at times," Kagome said with a frown not sure of why she is defending of the other, especially after what he had just done to her.

"Let's go back sensei," Kagome says to her teacher as she carried the things that they have bought, whilst her teacher insisted on carrying half of the things that they bought as they went back home together.


A/N:

Hello
Introducing and playing with a few of the chinese folklores that you'll see in the OCs in this fanfiction. I hope that you guys enjoy this new update!

To Wicken25
Nope, sorry to disappoint, but nope, I'm adding in a few OCs to introduce a little more of the chinese folklore into this fanfiction. I thought that it might give it more things to play around with, instead of just the 8 immortals. There's this chinese saying, "人外有人,天外有天", the meaning is along the line of however strong you are, there is always someone stronger. Well I hope that you still enjoy this update. Take care!