Drabble Collection Alpha

XXVIII

Prompt From The Wanted! Challenge

Armed and Dangerous

In planning for the punishment of his brother, Sesshomaru had made only a single mistake. This miko...he had underestimated the strength of her heart; he had reckoned without her inherent goodness, her forgiving nature. He had intended his brother to be destroyed; then Sesshomaru would kill him.

And her anger had been...promising.

But as he had watched her he had seen it dissipate without confrontation, fade away into soaked-salt smiles. She had avoided Inuyasha completely.

He did not understand.

He circled her, studied her.

What is your reason, miko? What keeps you from wrath?

Failing to understand even now, he watched the wildness of her darting eyes, the quiver of her lips...and encountered something faint and foolish in her scent.

Hope. That is why she does not destroy him, confront him? Even now, she is waiting for the half-breed to return to her! She thinks that he will fight against me, and win. She thinks...that Inuyasha can defeat me? You will suffer for that, miko!

Something in him had exploded with rage. How dare she! To choose his brother over him – the half-breed, the weaker one, the blight on his blood!

And he had offered to make her his Queen, his Empress, to place her above all others -

She would turn that away for Inuyasha?

He felt equal parts rage and confusion, and allowed the rise of his youki to express his displeasure. It brought her down to her knees and slowly, he drew his sword, savoring the sound of steel.

"Miko, I know what it is you are thinking."

The gleaming blade reached out and rested against the pulse pounding in her throat.

"Obviously you do not remember what happened the last time I encountered Inuyasha."

"And obviously you don't remember what happened the first time!"

Anger-sparks flashed in her eyes; Sesshomaru's lip lifted in a snarl.

He was tempted to kill her, so tempted...but no.

Not yet.

"Miko, Inuyasha was nothing to me. Nothing, until he claimed you."

He felt her tremble, felt her shivering work through the blade of his sword and into the palm of his hand.

"But you no longer belong to Inuyasha, mate. Now, you are not his but mine. Do you think that will make a difference?"

The sword caressed her skin.

"I think it will. I think it will make all the difference."


A/N: Swoosh. Sorry these took so long, but heat killed my power :( And now thunderstorms have been threatening all day; oh how I wish they would come and take away the sun. I think I'm going to move to Hokkaido and learn how to talk to the hot spring monkeys. One more chapter that's done, and then I need to finish editing 30. 400 words!

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