Chapter 11
I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THESE CHARACTERS, BUT KUDOS TO ME FOR MAKING THIS STORY FROM THESE CHARACTERS :D
All Sesshomaru heard at that moment was Jaken's name being yelled, and the moment he took the chance to glance back at what could possibly be happening to the imp demon, well half demon, Hidan took that chance to slice at his neck. Luckily for him, although he'd never admit it, Rin was there to block the attack.
"Lord Sesshomaru Jaken, he's-"
"Go," he said to Rin, trying to fend off the cat as he took a swipe at her."
"No I can't-"
"How about you two pay attention," Hidan commented, "or better yet, look around at the fact that you all are surrounded and there is no way you are getting out of here alive." Sesshomaru watched as the cat lord leaped back, but was shocked to see that Rin was no longer beside him, but beside Jaken trying to protect him.
He watched her with pride bubbling in his chest, she was a feisty little warrior, thanks to him, and he took great pride in his ability to turn her into that. Though he knew he could not take all the credit, because she was also a wonderful student who learned quickly, and took every battle with him so seriously that sometimes he thought she was actually battling to win.
"So Sesshomaru, what will you do?" He returned his attention to the cat, annoyed by the fact that he was distracted by the sight of Rin, always distracted. She would be the death of him. He also took a moment to look around to see Inuyasha and the others fighting, but his eyes paused when he saw a familiar small woman with thin gray hair, but it seemed as though no one else noticed her. He took that moment to run after her.
"Karana!" He called after her. She smiled that cheeky smile, and turned into a dark tunnel. He chased after her, and continued to call after the wench. He heard Rin call for him, but continued on. He would get his power back.
Rin frowned when he did not listen to her calls to him, and she had no idea what he was chasing, but she did notice that the cats had stopped attacking, and that Jaken was still on the ground staring at her shocked.
"Where did you- damn you Rin I could have taken care of myself!"
"Master Jaken she was about to kill you!"
"And I would have gotten away with it too if this little brat hadn't gotten in the way. Are you another one of the imp's women?" Rin blushed deeply, shocked at what the cat princess had just asked her. She would never, not to impugn him, but she and Master Jaken could never be, he was too much like a father.
"No she is not," Himari said, suddenly beside Rin.
"Never say such a thing again wench," Jaken said as he stood, "a human like her, never." Rin watched as he glanced at Himari, who looked away from him. Something went wrong in the forest between them, and she didn't like it. She came to realize that Himari was the only one who could make Jaken feel for something other than destruction.
"So emotional," Yuuna commented with a disgusted grimace. She noticed how Jaken gripped his staff, now fumed and annoyed with the cat woman.
"Woman, I have had enough of you." He pointed the staff in her direction, "Staff of Two Heads!" Rin took a few steps away feeling the heat rise from the staff. She stared opened mouth as the flames were larger and took up a larger radius, unexpectedly engulfing a few cats standing by, catching them by surprise.
She looked at her imp master surprised. She had never seen such anger in him before. Yes, sometimes he could yell and go on a rant, but this was rage, a burning fury that was released into that ball of fire. He continued to release the heated flame following her every move, and as she did this he took many cats with it.
"Yuuna, you pathetic idiot! Look what you are doing!" Hidan exclaimed. Rin watched as the girl took a deadly moment to look back, and her eyes widened when she realized that while she ran a way from Jaken, she was causing others of her clan members to be engulfed into the flames.
Rin smiled when Jaken did not let up, his hair glowing red in the blazing flames. She then caught herself, and when a cat standing close to her now was not paying attention to her she struck her sword out and swiped at his neck, and once again a battle had begun.
"Rin do you need help?" she heard Kagome call to her, "And who was that woman Sesshomaru ran after?" Rin looked to her confused. Sesshomaru had ran after a woman? She thought about this for a second, then t came to her.
"The Voodoo demon!" she exclaimed.
"The who?" Kagome asked confused.
"The Voodoo demon who turned him human, she must have came."
"But why?" Rin thought about this for a second. She looked around for Hidan who had suddenly disappeared. Oh no!
"I think Lord Sesshomaru is in danger!"
Jaken continued to aim his flames at the cat princess, wanting blood to be spilt. He had had enough of her, her remarks at him were enough for him to handle, but for some reason when she spoke against Himari, that was the last straw. He would kill her for sure. What he didn't car for was the fact that while trying to kill her, he was also killing off other cat demons, but why should he care, wasn't that what they were here for anyways?
"Master Jaken calm down," he heard a woman say beside him, though he did not need to look and see who it was. That voice was now locked in his memories forever.
"Himari I will kill this woman." he simply stated, sounding a little too much like his lord.
"I understand but have you noticed that your lord has suddenly disappeared?" Once he heard that the ongoing assault he had on Yuuna had quickly deceased. He looked around confused, and surprisingly fear laced his worry for his lord. He was human now, so there was no denying that something could have happened to him. He would not be able to forgive himself if something had- "Master Jaken!"
He looked up just in time to see that Yuuna had shot an arrow at him. His instincts had shot in immediately and he quickly caught the arrow in his bare hands, but following the arrow was a hit from Yuuna. He did not let it get to him though, because Himari immediately attacked the girl, once again that rage coming out of her with every attack.
"Hey guys this way!" Inuyasha called to a dark tunnel. Jaken could not bring himself to move. Lord Sesshomaru was out here somewhere. He would not leave him. He frowned though when he saw that Rin was quickly leaving without their lord.
"Rin you stupid girl-" he exclaimed, before being cut off.
"Master Jaken, I heard Rin talking to the priestess earlier, saying something about how Lord Sesshomaru had went after the Voodoo demon." He nodded, and grabbed her hand pulling her along, as they headed for the tunnel Inuyasha had emphasized. The closer they got the worst he felt about this. He knew something wrong was going to happen, something very wrong.
"Master Jaken?" he heard Himari question beside him. He looked to her, noticed their entwined fingers and quickly released her hand.
"What is it Himari?"
"I-well I'm glad your alright," she said softly, not looking him in the eyes. Once they reached the tunnel entrance he stopped throwing a burning ball of fire at the approaching cats, then turned to her.
"Well so am I," he said, then frowned when she sadly looked away from him, and added "and I'm glad you are alright as well." She quickly looked up to him, then laughed when his foot stretched out and kicked an approaching cat, though he wasn't expecting her to embrace him. He on the other hand could not bring himself to return it.
"Come," he said pulling her into the tunnel. He ran in, but it wasn't what he was expecting. The tunnel lead into a brighter place. A night luscious forest area, were green trees and the sweet smell of new growing flowers. He was dressed in different clothing, peasant clothing to be exact, and did not fail to see Himari across the way from him talking to another male Fox demon. He was about to approach them, but was pulled back by a pale hand.
"Don't even bother Jaken. She's out of your reach, seriously." He could recognize that voice in a crowd of hundreds of demons. He looked behind him to see Lord Sesshomaru in his still human form, but there was something different about him. He looked-confused. To anyone else that would have been nothing unusual, but for him, knowing how emotionless his lord was, this was strange.
"L-Lord Sesshomaru?" he questioned. His lord's eyes widened then he flicked him in the head.
"Are you sure you're alright Jaken? You didn't accidentally drink cleaning agents again did you? And who is this Lord Sesshomaru? The last time I knew, I was born a regular human peasant, captured by the Foxes and used as a slave. Doesn't matter anyways, my parents are dead now." Jaken was now the one in shocked and confused.
"They use you as a slave my lord?" Jaken asked angrily, but continued before Sesshomaru could answer. "Let me at them, I'll take car of this."
"Jaken, buddy! Snap out of it," Sesshomaru said grabbing his shoulders and shaking him roughly, "and stop calling me lord. I'm no lord of anything okay."
Buddy? Did his lord just call him buddy? Where the hell was he, and who was this imposter posing as his Lord Sesshomaru?
"Jaken!" He turned to see Himari there so close to his face glaring at him.
"Himari, what is it?" He tried to pay attention to her as his lord coughed up a storm behind him, elbowing him in the back.
"You dare speak to your lady in such a way?" she asked taking a step closer to him. He wasn't very comfortable with there proximity, but held his ground.
"Of course he doesn't my lady, he just accidentally," Sesshomaru said putting air quotations around 'accidentally', "drunk some cleaning agents again today." Jaken looked at his lord shocked at the fact that he sounded worried for him, and didn't seem like himself. Himari too, for a moment had a worried look for him, but it quickly vanished before he could say if it were really there. It was strange. She seemed so emotionless, like their lord.
"Well I needed the floors in my chambers to be clean, and I want you to get to it immediately." He was about to cut the woman's throat for even uttering such words to him, but Sesshomaru spoke up before he could act.
"Of course my lady, he'll get right to it." he said, then bowed. Jaken just let himself be dragged away outraged at the sight of Lord Sesshomaru bowing to a lesser demon.
"Are you nuts! Do you have a death wish?" Sesshomaru asked him. Something definitely wasn't right.
"Lor-I mean Sesshomaru," wow that sounded weird coming out of my mouth, "where are we?" Sesshomaru sighed then nodded.
"Okay, I'll play along for now, since you've suddenly lost you memory. You're in the Western lands of the Fox demon tribe, the most prosperous demon tribe, and you my friend are a servant to Lady Himari's palace."
"What! What has become of the Dog demon tribe of the west?" Jaken asked frantically.
"Jaken, the Dog Demon tribe has not ruled for a while since the Cat demons over ran them, then the Fox tribe over ran the Cats. That's how it has been for, I don't know ever!" Sesshomaru answered.
Jaken took this all in. this had to be the doing of the Voodoo demon. She put his worst fears into his mind, she was playing with him, and apparently to get out of here he had to play and win the game, but what was happening to Lord Sesshomaru and the others?