Chapter 11: First Battle, Hidden Love
The constant thrumming of feet hitting wood echoed threw the hall as the crew scurried to get ready. Kagome blinked as she watched most of the crew tug on their naval suites. 'Disguise?' Kagome questioned as she watched Inuyasha tug on his navy blue naval jacket as he walked up to them. "Sesshomaru it seems we have finally found Yura's new merchant boat." Inuyasha stated with a evil glint in his eyes as he smirked.
Sesshomaru nodded before looking over his shoulder. "Get ready for her." He ordered once he turned back to his younger half brother.
Kagome only blinked as she watched Inuyasha run past them and up the stairs before she started to followed behind Sesshomaru once more towards their room. "What should I wear?" She asked him curiously as they stepped into the large space they called a room.
"You're staying down here." He answered, remaining in the door way.
Kagome broke into laughter at the answer he had given her. "That's a good one." She paused as she tried to stop laughing. "Seriously…what am I wearing?"
Sesshomaru blinked, his expression never faltering. "You … are … staying … down … here." He paused between each word never allowing his emotionless mask to crack.
Kagome's face went blank as her jaw dropped in disbelief. "You better be kidding." She warned as she placed her fist on her hips. "You told me upstairs that…"
"Sorry…but you can't get hurt." He told her, making a turn to leave to the door way.
She growled grabbing his arm before he could walk away from her. Her tiny arms yanked him forward, into the room. "I am fighting with you. I'm a pirate now…got it." She growled out.
Sesshomaru continued to glare at her as he crossed his arms in front of his chest. "No you are not fighting. You are staying down here where it is safe."
"No I'm not. I want to fight with you."
"No." He barked out feeling his mask snap in two to reveal his hidden anger.
"Yes." She snapped back with venom dripping from the simple word.
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes!" She screamed feeling her power bubble within the pit of her stomach as her anger grew into her pink aura.
Sesshomaru felt the pressure of her purifying aura against his blue demonic aura that swirled around his body. His fist shook at his side as he felt his demon snap the bars of his cage, trying to get out. His molting gold swirled with crimson red as a ferocious growl erupted from his chest, pushing his blue aura back against hers. "Kagome…you can't get hurt!" He snapped as he felt his demon scream from within his head. 'No one will harm our mate! Love mate! My mate! Must stay!' "I love you! So you our staying here and that's an order!" He froze as he heard the words that had slipped out of his mouth. His face that was covered in shock quickly hid behind its broken mask. His inner thoughts and demons words escaped from his mouth. 'How could I loose so much control?' He asked himself before his eyes landed on Kagome whom stared at him with her flushed cheeks and puzzled expression. He lowered his face so he stared at the ground as an awkward silence surged through the room.
"S…Sesshomaru." Kagome started only to be interrupted.
"Stay here…please." Sesshomaru said as he walked out the door with his naval outfit in his arms. He closed the door behind him and took in a deep breath as he leaned against the door. 'I can't believe I just said that out loud.' He thought as he walked to the bathroom down the hall and got changed into the suit that was slightly trashed.
Kagome stood in the middle of the room staring at the ground then towards Sesshomaru's bed that rested right next to hers. 'He loves me?' She asked herself as she placed a hand on his sheets. Her eyes searched the room that was a mix of her things and his. "Do I love him too?" She asked herself out loud in hopes that someone would answer the simple question for her as she sat on his bed with her dog at her feet.
Tahoe placed his head on her lap and whined for her attention. Kagome brought her attention to the dog that begged for her to pat him. "You're such a good boy." She whispered to the dog. "Do you love Sesshomaru too?" She asked him. Tahoe perked his ears forward and raised his head. He looked at the door and let out a little whine then turned back to Kagome allowing his tongue to roll out of the side of his mouth. She smiled at the dog then patted him again on the head. "But what about Kouga?" She asked herself before thinking back to her times with her old friend and crush.
Flashback: Two years ago
Kagome sat on the porch with Tahoe on her lap at the age of 5 months. She stared out at the waves that crashed against the sand and rocks that covered her property. Tahoe awoke and looked at the bushes to the side of the house. He started to growl and bark as Kouga climbed out of the bushes with a wide grin on his face. Kagome placed Tahoe on the ground as she got to her feet to greet her best friend. She laughed as she hugged him tight while he swung her around in a circle. Tahoe continued to bark from his spot on the porch as he watched Kouga swing Kagome around like a rag doll.
"Tahoe…its okay boy it's only me." Kouga laughed at the dog that continued to bark at him.
"Tahoe down." She ordered making the dog stop his vicious growls to her best friend.
Collin stepped out onto the porch looking from the dog to the boy that stood with his only child. "Kagome it's lunch time." He said making her turn and look at him with a wide grin.
"Ok…" She paused as she turned to Kouga with a broad smile on her face. "See you later Kouga."
"Ok." He said as he ran back into the forest towards the village that was a ways away.
Kagome ran up the porch and picked up Tahoe into her arms. Collin patted the dog's head with a wide smile on his head. "Tahoe doesn't trust Kouga." Collin started while he covered the doorway that lead inside. "You should listen to your dog and just as much as you listen to your heart and mind. He knows who to trust and who not too."
Kagome smiled kissing the dog on the forehead. "He just needs to get to know Kouga better is all."
End Flashback:
"You trust Sesshomaru more than you trust Kouga?" She asked the dog before her as if the animal would answer back.
Tahoe let out a little bark before he leaped up and placed his paws in her lap. He started to lick her face and wag his tail from the happiness that filled his body. Kagome giggled as she pushed the dog back down to the ground. "Good boy." She giggled patting the dog's head. She rose to her feet with a smile stretched across her face. "Let's go help Sesshomaru." She told him as she walked up to the door and swung it open only to get the sound of cannon rocketing down the hallway.
Tahoe barked as he ran up to the stairs with Kagome right behind him. She paused at the door as she heard some ones body slam into causing it to shake. The grunts of fighting and clashes of metal were muffled from the other side of the door. Her left hand gripped the door knob while the other sheathed her sword in preparation. Her light blue eyes glanced down at the dog that stood staring at the edge of the door ready to move once it opened. She slowly inhaled the musty air in an attempt to quite her nerves. Her lungs released the pent up oxygen as she shoved the door open releasing her dog into the blood stained deck. Her eyes scanned the crowd of people that had stormed onto their ship trying to fight away the people that wanted to conquer their prized vessel. She watched as Tahoe lunged towards a person's throat that had just been fighting against Sesshomaru. The man screamed as the dog gripped his neck and knocked him to the ground followed by a bone snapping crunch. Blood spurted as her dogs fangs punctured his neck followed by a snap as the mans neck was crunched into millions of pieces. Crimson stained the dogs mouth as he released a ferocious bark before lunging at another man that threatened a crew members life.
Sesshomaru turned around and saw that Kagome stood in the doorway with her sword sheathed fighting off a man that had just lunged at her. A smile was plastered on her face as she easily blocked the swing of his sword and knocked him out with a swift blow to the side of the head with the handle of her sword. Her eyes swirled light blue with sapphire as she danced over the unconscious man and out of the way of a deadly blow from another man.
His beast barked its disapproval of their proclaimed love being in danger. Sesshomaru growled as he took a step towards her only to jump back, just barely dodging a blade that was aimed for his shoulder. Tahoe barked as he leapt at the man that had just attacked his second master, attaching his jaw to the mans upper arm. The burly being cried out in pain before his was silence by a quick slash from Sesshomaru's sword, effectively decapitating him. Kagome knocked out one after the other until she came upon a woman that had just knocked Inuyasha's sword out of his hands. She growled as she pushed forward and punched the effectively punching brown haired girls jaw just before she could plunge her sword into Inuyasha's chest. The girl's head snapped to the side as she fell to the ground, sliding a few feet across the deck. The woman sat frozen in place, dark brown eyes wide as she blinked at the sudden pain. Kagome stood with her fist surrounded by pink miko aura outstretched in front of her. Kagome smirked as her aura receded back into her veins, while her fist came to relax at her side.
The woman's cheek sizzled and smoked from the power that burned the flesh off her cheek. She looked up at Kagome with a drop of blood rolling out of the corner of her mouth. Astonishment and confusion covered her face as she stared at the miko before her. Inuyasha quickly grabbed his sword and fought the crew that attempted to attack Kagome as she faced off against the woman that sat before her. Kagome took in the girls features quickly. Her short dark brown hair stopped at her jaw line framing her rectangular face. She wore a black shirt that barely covered her over sized bosom with black skin tight pants. A red sword laid at her side while three skulls rested against her hip. Kagome's sapphire orbs zeroed in on the three skulls at her side. One of them look normal but the other two were defiantly not…normal. One skull had long brown hair growing out of it with a red toothed comb resting within its locks. The other was just…red. She brought her attention back to the girls face, taking in the worst glare she had ever received in her life. "How dare you?" The girl hissed in anger, allowing her voice to echo across the ship.
Kagome blinked at the sudden out burst. She watched as the girl gripped on of the skulls on her side. "You will die for ruining my beauty." The girls voice screeched in anger. The girl quickly raked the comb threw the skulls hair as she leapt to her feet. A evil smirk graced her lips before sweeping the comb in front of her body. Kagome's eyes shot open as she watched dark hair fly towards her. She gasped from the sudden pain as the hair slammed into her body, piercing her porcelain skin. Kagome twisted her wrist slicing away the hair with her blade. She quickly jumped back ignoring the tiny cuts that touched her skin from the needle like hair.
'Is she a demon?' Kagome asked herself as she watched the girl stand to her full height with her red comb outstretched in front of her as if it was her blade that lied at her feet. "Do you like my hair girly?" The demon laughed as she brought her feet together. "My hair will cut you to ribbons."
Kagome watched as the girl moved her arm across her body once more sending another wave of needle like hairs towards the confused miko. Her powers covered her cut up skin, coating Kagome in a pink barrier. The hairs sizzled, turning into ash as they slammed into the barrier. Kagome simply smirked at the gaping women before her. "What were you saying." She retorted causing anger to cover the astonished demons face.
"Are you mocking me child." The woman growled out. "No one mocks Yura the hair demon!" She screamed as she swiped the comb in front of her once more sending hairs in every direction. Kagome jumped forward, sword extended, as she weaved around the hairs that attempted to grab onto her tiny form. Her sapphire orbs swirled as her miko power flooded into the sharp blade before Kagome swung it down across the demons chest. Blood splashed onto the floor but…their was no cry of pain. "Stupid bitch." Yura said with a smirk playing her face. Kagome gasped before leaping back away from the demon before her. 'What? How?' She asked herself as Yura stood up right once more as if she felt no pain. "You can't kill me." She laughed as she stepped forward with her comb in hand.
A glint caught was caught out of the corner of her eye. Her eyes glanced to her side to tiny hairs wrapped around every inch of the boat. The crew remained frozen in place unable to move without being harmed. Tahoe whined as he watched his master fight, unable aide her. Sesshomaru's eyes bled red as his demon threatened to take over. Her sapphire orbs followed the tiny hairs back to the woman before that continued to laugh. 'There!' Her voice screamed inside her head. Kagome shot forward once more, her eyes locked onto her target. Yura laughed as she swiped her comb in front of her once more sending her hair into Kagome's barrier. Smoke surrounded them as the hairs turned into ash. A battle roar escaped Kagome's mouth as she the power from her barrier flooded into her sword before piercing the red skull that rested at the hair demons side. Yura's eyes widened in horror as she stared down that skull that shattered at her side. "How?" Her voice whispered.
"Your hairs are coming from the red skull. You always destroy the source." Kagome answered before her ears rang from Yura's cry of defeat as she burst in ash. She grinned as her body began to relax, forgetting about the rest of the crew around her. "Captain" a man screamed from behind her. Kagome turned quickly just in time to block the sword that would of cut off her head. She pushed the man away with her sword and turned on the balls of her feet cutting the man across the shoulder with her blade as she did a 360.
Tahoe barked as he jolted forward, going for one of the three men that now surrounded Kagome. The dog lunged at the man that was about to strike her from behind. His teeth sank into the mans shoulder bringing him to the ground. The dogs jaw turned to the man's throat snapping it in two before turning for his next victim.
Kagome turned quickly slashing at the next man that confronted her. Her cuts stained her clothes while her power flickered, trying desperately to cover her fragile skin in a miko barrier. She heard her dog bark and then another man's screams of pain as she stood in a steady stance with her sword in front of her. Her feet surged forward as she swung her sword at the man that challenged her.
Kagome's body shook while she tried desperately to control her breathing. Her power flickered once more before disappearing into the depths of her being. Her body tensed as she felt a hand touch her shoulder. She spun around quickly bringing her aiming her sword for the being that touched her. She froze in her act as she felt the familiar feeling of her sword clashing against another. "Se…Sesshomaru." She whispered before she brought her sword down to her side. He stared down at her with his crimson glare, his inner demon still threatening to escape its cage.
"You disobeyed an order." Two voices seemed to come out of his mouth as he spoke. One huskier than the other. But both equally angry.
"I…I couldn't sit down there knowing that you were in…danger." She stuttered before turning her gaze to the ground.
'Mate submits.' Sesshomaru's beast purred before slowly relaxing within it's cage.
"Are you okay?"
Kagome tensed before looking up, meeting molten gold orbs once more. His voice was back to the warming tone he would always use when speak to her. She simply nodded before looking down at the tiny cuts that littered slightly tan skin. "Just scratches."
Her tired form tensed slightly before relaxing into the warm, muscular arms that wrapped around her delicate waist. "You…worried me." He whispered into her hair. Kagome rested her head into his sweat covered clothes that hugged against his chest. "I'm sorry." She whispered back as she shaking hands clenched his shirt.
Tahoe whined from next to them trying to get their attention. Sesshomaru pulled away slightly, keeping his right hand wrapped securely around her waist. "Grab the supplies and throw the dead into the sea." Sesshomaru ordered his crew before he led Kagome down stairs to their room so he could fix the cuts that was still bleeding.
Kagome winced from the pain that nipped at her wound as she sat on their bed and watched as Sesshomaru walked into the bathroom and came out with a first aide kit and a couple of towels in the other hand. She watched him as he poured alcohol onto a gauze and then placed it against one of her of the bleeding cuts on her right arm. She hissed and squirmed away from the substance that stung against her wound. "Sorry…but you have to stay still in order for this to get cleaned." Sesshomaru said gripping her wrist and then placing the gauze back on her arm. "That's what you get for not listening to me. I told you to stay here."
She winced again then glared at him from his remark. "I can do what ever I want." She told him ignoring the pain that coursed threw her body. She placed a hand on his cheek and smiled at his eyes that met hers. "But I should have listened to you. I didn't think that I would be attacked by a demon…actually…I didn't really think at all I guess. And…" She paused as she placed a warm kiss against his stunned lips. "I love you too." She told him while her thumb rubbed his cheek sweetly.
Sesshomaru blinked taking in the sudden warmth that tickled his slightly cracked lips. 'She just…' He thought as his eyes searched hers. He smiled as he felt the warmth that tickled his lips surge threw his veins as her words and simple kiss sank in causing his inner demon to purr in approval. Before either could blink Sesshomaru leaned in pressing his lips against hers. Kagome's eyes widened at the sudden contact before her body melted against his tender lips. Her eyes slid closed as her body returned the tender kiss. He slowly pulled away taking in the light blush that painted his loves cheeks and the slightly dazed look that covered her light blue gaze. He smirked before slowly standing up.
She blinked as she watched his movement. "Sess-"
"Kagome." He interrupted before he knelt down in front of her. His eyes gazed up into hers showing the very love that he proclaimed hours ago. "I…I wanted to know…" He began only unable to continue. For the first time in his life he was at loss of words.
He felt warmth touch his cheek causing his eyes to shoot up and meet hers. "Sesshomaru…you can trust me." She said rubbing her thumb against his cheek lightly. "I trust you with my whole life."
"And I trust you with mine-"
"Ssshhh…" She whispered delicately as she placed her index finger against his lips. "I feel so…safe when I'm next to you. You can always tell me anything that is on your mind. I love you." She stated as a bright smile graced her lush lips.
Sesshomaru blinked at her taking in her simple words. 'She's…right.' "I love you too Kagome. That's why I wanted to ask you something." He stated as he pulled her hand away from his cheek. He held her knuckles in front of his lips before placing a gentle kiss against her silky flesh. "This Sesshomaru wishes to court you Kagome." He stated, his eyes never wavering away from hers.
Thump. Thump. Thump.
Kagome's heart seemed to race and flutter all at once as her stomach filled with millions upon billions of butterflies. Her veins warmed as her muscles melted into his touch. She felt the familiar tingle in the corners of her eyes. A tiny tear trickled down her cheek only to be captured by a gentle finger. Her eyes swirled with so much emotion as she stared into his eyes that held so much love. "I…I wish to be courted by you Sess…Sesshomaru." She stuttered before lunging forward, wrapping her arms around his neck causing them to fall back onto the ground.
Tears streamed down her face as emotion swirled within her. She felt her loves arms wrap securely around her before sitting up. He pulled her into his chest placing a gentle kiss on the top of her head. "Let me take care of these cuts then we can relax for the night." He whispered into her hair.
She giggled into his chest before quickly wiping away the tears of happiness with the back of her hands. "Okay."
*7 pages long. Sorry it took me so long. I had to watch the Yura episode and study it in order to remember what she was like. I also had to change this chapter up a lot in order to get in the points I wanted known for the next chapter. Like what Kagome can do with her powers oh and that Sesshomaru and Kagome are officially a thing. Just to let everyone know that I am trying to get my chapters out faster for this story. I am also working on another story but I think I might delete it and re start it once I am done with this one. The story is ASSASSIN'S PROMISE. Along with writing two stories at the same time I am trying to get scholarships for me second year at college, working 40 hours a week at Target trying to get money for college, trying desperately to hang out with my boyfriend of two years and of course trying to squish my family in amongst this mess some where. Anyways I don't mean to complain to my fans. Tell me what you think of the chapter. What needs to be changed? What do you like…dislike? Do you hate the whole thing? How are you feeling? I don't care what you say. You can even say something random like applesauce if you want. I just really need reviews you guys to keep up this story. The last chapter I didn't get many reviews. I'm thinking about putting a review limit on each chapter in order to figure out if I want to continue the story or not. So PLEASE PLEASE PPPPPLLLLLEEEEEAAAASSSSEEE REVIEW!!! Until next time everyone.*