Chapter14: Stalker
She was being followed again. It had been happening every day lately. She knew it was Naraku. He had been following her around for the past month. Growling lightly to herself she quickly turned around coming face to face with the spider demon.
She looked at him with a withering glare, mentally telling herself that he didn't look half bad. He had wavy shoulder length black hair and a handsome face. He didn't have nay markings like most demons though.
"Why are you following me?" she asked adding a nasty bite to her voice. His expression didn't change from the obvious leer as he leaned forward to whisper in her ear.
"Because I find you quite alluring, Sweetheart."
At the quiet endearment she let out a low warning growl as her eyes flashed a dangerous red. He made a big mistake when instead of backing off he licked gently in the hollow behind her ear.
She let the growl rise louder in her throat as she threw out a leg to bring the spineless bug to his knees and then put him in a strong head lock for a few minutes cutting off his air supply. He sputtered a few times in an attempt to breathe while he brought up his hands in a hope to release himself. She turned her head to lock her teeth at the base of his neck and waited for him to still. When he didn't stop struggling she clamped her teeth down harder drawing a light amount of blood. The spider demon then slowly began to still as he let out an almost inaudible whimper. She calmly released him as she regained control. As she rose she lingered by his ear to quietly whisper, "Never call me sweetheart."
She stood quickly and spat on his cheek before turning away with a slight smirk. However, she did not get far as she collided with a well muscled chest that had been standing directly behind her. She looked up to find Sesshomaru looking slightly shocked though he was attempting to hide it. He was almost succeeding as well but not quite. With her smirk gone she raised a delicate brow in question as the young demon lord looked down at her.
"Something wrong?" she asked calmly. She watched as he almost shook himself before he returned to his normal icy expression. He let out a barely audible grunt before quickly turning and walking away from her. She had heard the slight hint of an affirmative in his voice though. Her lips quirked for a second in triumph before the look disappeared. She looked back toward the spineless creature on the floor to that he was still trying to regain his breath and saw a crowd of startled onlookers. She shook her head slightly as she turned to walk away and ignored the cheers coming from some of the girls in the crowd.
"Great, now they like me without knowing me," she muttered sarcastically to herself.
Sesshomaru sat quietly on the roof. He looked to be staring off into space if anyone had seen him. He hadn't expected himself to go run to the girl thinking to rescue her when he heard the growl. He knew it had only been a warning growl but it had still made him run. The idea of someone threatening her angered him. It was unsettling though when he had gotten there and found the girl taking care of things herself. He would rather have done it for her.