Naraku's mind games
Sorai pt.2
Sikb walked behind her, giving her mental instructions on where to find Sorai.
As they finally reached their destination, picking up Inuyasha on the way, (kouga was with his friends here. He was a prince too, and had acquaintances) they found themselves in a room that was purely yellow.
Kagome wowed it as she walked in. It was like they had stepped into the sun. Everything was a bright yellow, from the walls, to the floor, and the furniture. In the middle of the room, on a rocking chair, was a, quite good looking, young dragon demon lady, dressed in (ironically) a yellow kimono, with a headband tied around her hair, in a Pocahontas manner.
She got up as she saw Sesshomaru (or his body anyways) enter the room. "good to see you, Sesshomaru-sama!" she bowed civilly to Kagome (or her body anyway) and shook Inuyasha's hand.
"Still haven't got rid of the wench, have you Sesshomaru?", he muttered by Sikb's ear. "I still think you have taken a liking to her..."
"Don't force me to dispose of you in this body" sikb growled back. "Your pride will take a beating, if you were knocked out by your woman, that too a human, now wouldn't it?"
Inuyasha went red and muttered. "She is not mine..."
Sikb turned his head with a disgusted look and proceeded to tell Sorai what had happened, everything except the mind reading, and the necklace, swearing her to secrecy.
She was surprisingly fast to catch on. She immediately, and giving Kisb a disgusted look, got up and sat by sikb.
Inuyasha immediately raised his eyebrows. Kisb caught on what had run through his mind.
Hehe...amazing someone would like and want to sit by sesshomaru...I have to annoy him more about Sorai... and the time she sent him flowers...the emotion couldn't have disappeared altogether?!
Sesshomaru read Inuyasha's thoughts too, and growled. He thought, I WAS HALF DEAD FROM A DUEL! GOD!
Kisb could barely control her giggles. So, even the great sesshomaru had an admirer? (not like Rin)
That is so cute!
Sesshomaru sent her a message. GET YOUR MIND OUT OF THE GUTTER MIKO, OR ELSE!
Or else what?
YOU WILL REGET IT!
Empty threat. She yawned.
I DETEST YOU!
Means nothing...and awww..your coloring! She knew perfectly it was trying to suppress the rage he felt, but enjoyed getting under his skin nonetheless. She surveyed Sorai sitting by her body, and apparently examining the minion sesshomaru had killed a few days ago in Kaede's village. She was young, and good looking, with an 'dragon demon' emblem of markings on her neck, with short hair, and a haughty expression. She thought, I bet if you cover up the neck, she could pass for a human!
Sikb went back to showing her the bonded minion he had killed.
Suddenly Inuyasha got a very evil smile. Kagome didn't notice his thoughts because she too busy was listening to the conversation between Sorai and Sikb.
He jumped up all of a sudden, his hair flying up for a moment. In the moment in which everyone was startled, he yelled "BUNNY RABBIT!", pointing at the minion, and cracked up.
"What the?" escaped both Sorai and sikb.
Kagome was concerned, and kneeled over where he was laughing on the ground. "Inuyasha? Are you alright?" she asked worriedly, trying not to giggle like him.
Sikb surveyed them both and rolled his eyes. "Forgive my brother, he is a bit...disturbed."
She too regained her normal expression a she put one hand one sikb's shoulder. "I understand."
Kagome was trying to read her mind at this point. She giggled out loud when she heard Sorai whining, No fair! Why couldn't he have been in his normal body right now? Then I could have put my hand on his fluffy boa thing!
Then Inuyasha's thoughts came through. Bingo! Yes! I know she would do that! Act sympathetic and put her hand on his shoulder! Another thing to add to the profile to things I can tease sesshomaru about! Mission accomplished!
Kagome was surprised. She didn't realize that Inuyasha could be so smart! But , then again...maybe it was only when he was trying to degrade his brother...
Sesshomaru was silent as Inuyasha got up off the ground and slide back in his seat.
"So you think that who ever is doing this is constantly following us?" he did not mention the details of where and how they had gotten switched before.
"Indeed. Have you not noticed another minion around you?" Sorai asked Sikb.
Kisb spoke up, "Actually, I saw a rabbit not unlike this one peering out of the window at lunch time today. As soon as it noticed me looking at it , it ran away, and did the switch, it seems, to buy it more time to hide."
Sorai looked thoughtful. "The master of the bonded minion can look through the minion's eyes, control it using an item of importance to the minion, and even if necessary, take the life and soul of the minion if the master himself has been killed."
Kisb gasped. "You mean they are just like extra lives? That the master can not die, and stays in his own body until all his minions are dead before him?"
Sorai replied. "Essentially, yes."
Inuyasha was listening and said, "Then who ever we are up against could have thousands of back up lives at his disposal?"
Sorai responded, "No, I do not believe that anyone would be as so cruel to bond that many slaves in his service, for it is a very gruesome procedure I do not want to discuss. I also do not think it possible for anyone to have more then a few bonded minions at once due to the rules of the spell cast to bond them like this."
Sikb sat thought silently in thought. Why would anyone to torture his pride? Who did he a blood feud against? Only one thought came to his mind.
Naraku. He thought, not bothering to stop Kagome from reading his mind.
She gasped. No, it surely couldn't be... if it is then...why? Wouldn't have Naraku killed them outright, as soon as he got the chance? No it couldn't be. It was probably just someone with a grudge against the two brothers...or a plot to get the Shikon jewel, Kisb absentmindedly felt where it should have been and jumped two feet in the air when she saw it wasn't there. That is of course before remembering that she had switched bodies with Sesshomaru. Then she smiled sheepishly.
Sikb narrowed his eyes on her. Don't you dare jump like that in company, in my body!
Sorai was explaining, "Whoever had done this, obviously knew you both, and choose you because you were the most diverse choices. See, demon, human, male, female, miko, dog demon lord, you get my meaning." She continued in her mind, handsome, and just plain...fluffy tail, no fluffy tail, one is dead attractive, impressive, stunning, striking, beautiful, on and on.. and the other..Well..Sesshomaru could outdo anyone!
Kagome read this thought, while Sorai stared into space, and couldn't control her self. She giggled at first, then it turned into full laughter. She couldn't stop! This lady had a serious crush on sesshomaru! And she called him beautiful. OH MY DEAR GOD!
Sikb had also read the thought, but did nothing but slide his hand through the raven black hair. Inuyasha looked at her as if she were crazy. She kept on giggling until sikb's eyes locked on her. Stop laughing!
What? Does SORAI mind? Who knew you would care about what she thinks so much!
Sikb growled. Kisb just went right on laughing. Sikb gave her a death glare. Kisb tried to stop but couldn't. Inuyasha looked at the both of them as if they both were mad. Sorai was still staring into space. Kisb excused herself from the room, shattering Sorai's day dreams, and pulled Inuyasha into the hallway.
"Inuyasha..." she began. "Since when have you known about Sorai?"
"What? You heard me when I was whispering to Sesshomaru?"
"Um..Yeah...now tell me!"
He began Sesshomaru's tale (no pun intended).
"This Sorai, she has been Sesshomaru's advisor since I was living in the castle. I always teased him about her, 'cause he handpicked her out of an entire group of applicants for the job; and because she always seemed to act nicer when in sesshomaru's company, but she was probably just sucking up to power, you know?
Then I wake up one morning, and I find a bouquet of flowers outside his door, with a letter signed from Sorai when he was recovering from a very bloody duel with someone. Now, probably, it was meant as a get well sign from the employee to the employer, but obviously, I held on to the point." He looked giddy with happiness at being able to recount the embarrassing tale.
After listening to the entire story, Kagome said, "Inuyasha, you have no idea how much black mailing we can do with this story!" she finished the sentence in her mind. Especially since now, sesshomaru and I both know the actual story, and it is surprisingly like Inuyasha's version!
Oh yes! Sesshomaru, you are going to pay for everything! PAY!
And for some reason, which Sorai couldn't figure out, Kisb suddenly gained a pained expression on his face.
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Next chapter will so fun!
R&R!