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SPOILER ALERT: NEW OC/ I would love to her what you think at the end!
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FurReal: Thank you so much for all of your kind words and feedback! Matured Kagome and teasing Sessy is absolute bliss. I love that you love Kenshin. I have never created an OC in any of my stories, he is the first and I am even obsessed with him lol. I hadn't meant for him to be similar to Miroku but wanted someone completely opposite to Sesshomaru. So little heads up, though Inuyasha is honestly verbally and emotions abusive to Kagome not just in my story but also in the anime. I feel for him because it stems from his own trauma. Thus, this is not a bash and hate Inuyasha fanfic, this is we might hate him but he needs to grow and heal then sort things out fanfic. I promise we wont always feel the need to want to strangle him. 3 Great ideas about Kenshin, though we will see!
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Trees, bushes, tall grasses swayed fiercely as Sesshomaru made his way hastily back to his estate. His claws itched to kill something, preferably his idiot half-brother, but knew that would be unwise. So instead, he had to get away from this area before deciding to turn around and beat the fool into the ground. He could not fathom how Inuyasha thought he had a claim to both women; they are two separate beings, one of which is dead.
"Did he fail to grasp the amount of pain in which he brought the Miko? Did he not care, or was he just blind? Certainly, he had to have some sense to realize his actions?"
He shook his head and pushed harder to get home so he could make the proper preparations.
**Western Palace**
Kenshin was training with the soldiers when they sensed the pure rage that radiated from their Lord miles away.
"Ah, shit! Who pissed in his protege?!" Kenshin yelled; light giggles and laughter broke out among him.
"Get ready, guys!"
Sesshomaru blasted through the trees, passing them all by without a second glance, "KENSHIN!"
"Fuck me." Kenshin slumped his shoulders while slowly making his way to the shit storm he knew was about to happen.
Laughter still around him, he turned to point at the men, "50 laps now!"
He smirked as the giggles turned into grunts.
Once inside the office, he found his friend at this desk writing something.
He quirked a brow, "Okay, not what I was expecting." He made his way over to him, "what's up?"
"I will be gone weeks at a time and return one week out of each moon cycle."
"What?! Why?!"
"It would seem my that disgraceful hanyo who shares half of my blood is incapable of taking care of a member of my pack."
"Well yeah, I expected that...wait! Hold up a toad hoppin' minute." He shook his head in disbelief. "Your Pack?"
"Hn" was all the came from the Lord, who was still writing things down.
"Sesshomaru, I swear to the Kami's, you better give me a better fucking answer than 'hn'!" He yelled at him.
"I marked her as a pack member to protect her well-being."
Kenshin shook his head again, "We are still talking about the onna that has you all wound up?"
"She has done no such thing."
"You are a blind fool then, but whatever, now on to the part of her well-being, I am lost. I wouldn't expect you to attach yourself to someone weak."
Sesshomaru dropped his pen and looked up at his friend, then glared at him, "She is anything but weak." he growled.
Kenshin stuck his hand up in front of him defensively, "Sorry, won't call her weak EVER again. But still confused here, care to enlighten me?"
Sesshomaru sighed, "Inuyasha seems to have been berating her all these years, and the effects of such verbal abuse are taking its toll."
"Okay...that is horrible, but why do YOU have to protect her?"
"I agreed to mentor her; it is part of the responsibility."
"Okay, but why do YOU have to mentor her? Does she not accompany a slayer and a monk?"
"I am the most suitable choice for her training, and besides, what little they did teach did not expand her power. I believe I have mentioned she is the key to rid this land of that spider."
"Yeah, you are right, but your reaction is off."
Sesshomaru rolled his eyes, "What are you getting at Kenshin?"
"Oh, just your 'mentor' reaction to your 'mentee' seems to be something deeper."
"You are overthinking this."
He shook his head to disagree.
Sesshomaru stood up and handed the paper he had been writing on to Kenshin, "Here are events, treaties, and such you will have to fill in for me while I am out."
"Okay, easy."
Sesshomaru smirked, "if anything that may come up that needs my immediate attention, tell Lily to send me a message, and I shall return."
"Agh, no, do I have to. Can't I just found you and tell you myself or send one of your men?" Kenshin whined.
Sesshomaru arched a brow at him, "Something wrong with my sister?"
With a dead-faced expression, he looked back at him, "Sesshomaru, you know very well that we do not get along."
"I wonder why that is?" Sesshomaru smirked at him.
"She turned me into a literal wild boar!" Kenshin yelled while Sesshomaru laughed.
"If I am not mistaken, you hit on her most inappropriately the moment she arrived at my estate."
"It was the first time I met her; how the fuck was I supposed to know she was your sister!"
Sesshomaru gave him a look because they both knew that he should have sensed or at least smelt the kinship between them but was too drunk.
"Taking about me, are we?"
A taunting voice came from behind Kenshin, knowing full well who it belonged to. He sighed as a hand slapped his forehead and slowly traveled down his face.
Sesshomaru turned his gaze to his younger sister. Pride, joy, relief flooded through him. He was ever grateful for her very existence, though he knew his mother loved him dearly; Lily was the beginning of a new life for Kimiko. After a few centuries, realizing that neither the Western palace nor the Sky Palace was helping heal his mother, he reluctantly sent her away. He sent her with guards, with money, and anything else she would possibly need to venture beyond the lands on which they live, to find a new purpose, or to find an ounce of hope to continue to live.
He never imagined her to find love on her journey but was damn grateful for it. Emberto was an Italian wizard who lost his family in the war pertaining to his land and neighboring land. He was a lost soul, much like his mother; they became quick friends, and love blossomed very slowly for them. Though Kimiko loved his father, their mating was strictly political; her mating mark fated when his father died, she was able to mark and mate her new love properly with a lasting bond extending his lifeline to her own.
The product of their union now stood before him: Half-Inu half-witch, and all power and sas, he adored his sister. She had light purple eyes and no markings except their mother's crescent moon; her hair was the lightest shade of purple he had ever seen that it looked almost white. She stood tall but was the height of Inuyasha. She was intelligent, beautiful, powerful, and had an immense ability to tick off his best friend.
"Onii-San, I felt you when you came in; I wanted to check on you to make sure everything is okay."
Kenshin huffed as Lily rolled her eyes at him.
Sesshomaru caught her up to speed as Kenshin sat on the lounge chair, staring daggers at the girl.
When Sesshomaru finished, Lily turned around, glaring at the blonde, "Do you have something to say, or is there another reason for your unwanted attention?"
Kenshin folded his arms across his chest, "I just don't understand why we have to use YOU as a massager, is all."
"Kenshin, you know very well that her magic is the quickest and safest method to communicate," Sesshomaru spoke up.
"Scared to work with me in fear I will turn you into your spirit animal again?" Lily mocked.
Kenshin rose from his seat, "I have no spirit animal. I am a dog demon, for crying out loud!"
"And a dog you are." She laughed.
Sesshomaru chuckled as Kenshin looked at him with a horrific look while pointing at his sister, "Then what of us, dear sister?"
"We are the expectation to the rule, my dear brother!" She batted her eyes at him and smiled.
Kenshin let out an exaggerated sigh.
"Kenshin, you are dismissed, inform the council I am on a mission regarding the safety of our lands, and it may be a while." He thought to end the current fiasco that was about to start in his office.
Kenshin huffed and walked out the door.
Lily eyed him; he knew she was reading him with her powers through his mind and scents. Of course, she couldn't straight-up read people's thoughts, but instead, it was glances of memories. The scent magic was, in a way, trying to know a person through another person.
Her eyes sparkled with worry.
"What is it?" He asked her.
"The girl of whom you are protecting and taking an interest in."
"Mild interest."
"You forget I see things, brother; you may be able to lie to yourself but not me."
He sighed, "What of the girl Lily?"
"Be wary of her bother."
Sesshomaru looked at her, confused.
"She does not belong here, yet she does."
"What is Kami's sake does that mean?"
"I am not sure, but hed my warning brother before you start to have feelings for her, her place here and now is not secure."
Worry raked through him, "Is death coming for her?"
Lily shook her head, "Not death, I know that for sure, but I still cannot understand it myself without meeting her."
Sesshomaru knew after hearing this from his sister that he would have to arrange a meeting between her and the Miko. First, however, he will need to make sure Inuyasha has gotten past him traveling with them. He didn't want his precious sister to witness the half-breed's tantrums.
"When the atmosphere is pleasant, I will send for you."
She nodded in understanding and left a worrisome Sesshomaru behind.
He packed some of his belongings, let Kenshin and his sister know he was leaving, and informed Jaken to stay with Rin but took A-UN with him.
He quickly began his journey back to the Miko, hoping his half-brother had not made it back before him.
**back at camp**
Miroku had long switched with Sango to keep watch and was now waiting for the stoic Lord's return. However, he still could not wrap his mind around the fact of the events that happened. First, it disheartened him greatly when Inuyasha spoke such harsh words to Kagome. Then he was utterly shocked when Sesshomaru came to camp with a wet, barely clothed passed-out Kagome. He had gone through a whirlwind of emotions and was not sure what to make of them.
Lost in thought, the rustle of bushes broke him out of it when his eyes landed on the Lord in question.
"Lord Sesshomaru, I am grateful you made it back before Inuyasha."
"This One said he would; I hold to my word."
Miroku nodded at him.
Sesshomaru looked at Kagome then back at him.
Understanding his unspoken question, Miroku responded, "She has not woken and has not seemed to be bothered in her sleep."
"You may rest now that this One is here."
Mirko didn't say anything as he laid down and quickly fell asleep.
Sesshomaru found a tree close to the sleeping girl and sat down leaning against it. He slowly pulled the girl closer to him, but she muffled a small cry in her sleep as he did. He gently took his claws and began to stroke her hair to ease her restlessness. Once he was sure she was back into a deep slumber, he pushed out his aura to find the idiot. He realized that he had company and would be while, so he decided to rest his head against the tree. He knew he would have to have all of his composure and wit with dealing with the halfbreed come morning in order not to kill him.
**Sun slowly rises**
Kagome was the first to wake in the group. She wanted to keep her eyes closed just to pretend she was sleeping to prolong her facing Inuyasha again.
Sesshomaru knew the moment she woke and immediately felt her uneasiness. "He is not here yet; you have no reason to feel the way you do at the moment."
Upon hearing his voice, her eyes shot open, finding him resting against a tree right next to her. She gently moved Shippo out of her arms and slowly sat up, giving him a bewildered look.
"We are changing our training agreement."
Disappointment flooded her, "Oh." She pulled her knees to her chest.
"Woman, I did not finish, so do not presume that of which is not true."
She looked back at him.
"I will be traveling with you and your campions from now on. We will train in between finding your shards and resting. I will leave for a week with every moon cycle, then return."
"But..." She looked off into the distance.
"I do not care what Inuyasha thinks or how he acts. We have an agreement. Thus, you are my responsibility. I was outraged to find out the reason behind your breakdown. He may fight me if he wishes, but he will only be the one who ends up hurt with the rage I have bottled up since finding out." He said with a 'matter of fact' voice.
Kagome gulped. She wasn't sure what to think and slightly worried.
"I have to apologize, Kagome, for I did something without your approval, but I sincerely felt it necessary." He stirred slightly as his voice cracked. He didn't know how she would react to him marking her.
She watched him closely, realizing that what she was seeing was him nervous. She never in a million years thought she would see the Killing Perfect nervous.
"I marked you as a pack member to keep Inuyasha's mouth shut about his absurd and disturbing claim on you." He didn't meet her eyes.
Despite the seriousness of their conversation, she wanted to laugh at seeing him like this but strongly reframed from doing so.
She should be mad; she should be furious at him for doing such a personal thing without considering her opinion on the matter. But she wasn't. He did it to protect her, that she understood, especially after him witnessing what he did yesterday. Then a thought hit her, "How did you mark me?"
He read her emotions the entire time, expecting her to be mad but only sensed relief from her. Then came her question, and he gulped.
"To mark a member, one has to do so with scent. Usually, pack members sleep, eat, bathe, and groom together before substantial scents transfer. However, time was of the essence, and I did not think you would be comfortable with those forms."
She eyed him, "Okay..."
He signed, "I licked you from your collar bone up to your ear, then smelt you in the same direction to ensure it held."
Her eyes widened in shock and remembrance as a hand went to cover her wide opened mouth, "It wasn't a dream." She said slightly.
Then he looked at her with a raised brow and smirk, "You thought you were having an intimate dream of this one? Do you have dreams like this often, Priestess?"
Her hand fell into her lap. Okay, maybe, after she realized her love for Inuyasha was over, she may have fantasized about him once or twice. Well, too many times to count, actually. But in her defense, she also did the same thing with idols, she is exceptionally hormonal sometimes, and it lets out her tension. Of course, anybody vision would think Sesshomaru is sexy and probably do the same thing, but the hell if she was going to tell him that.
He smelt her nervousness and slight embarrassment; it reminded him of cinnamon and clove. Amused but this new development, he leaned into her while she was lost in thought, "Is that why you moaned while I marked you?"
She shot up out of her sleeping bag, "Time to start breakfast." Not replying to him but failed to realize her state of dress.
Having not paid any attention to her nakedness yesterday with what was happening, Sesshomaru now had the advantage of slightly seeing her glorious body. His outer robe was sheer, and he could practically see everything she had to offer. His pants stretched as his own body reacted to her, causing him to shift his sitting position.
She watched as he eyed her body from her head to her toes then back up again. It took her a moment to realize why he was. Then, instead of yelling at him or hitting him, she just stood there. At this exact moment, she felt joyful, powerful, and beautiful. It wasn't just anyone staring at her almost naked body; it was Sesshomaru. He is The Ice Lord, The Killing Perfection, the man who rarely showed his emotions, yet he seemed memorized by HER. No one had looked at her like he was doing right now. The way his eyes carefully and slowly traveled up and down her body was as if he was trying to savor the moment or paint her in his mind. The cherry on top was realizing that her body affected his other head, too, which fueled her elatedness more.
They eyed each other; both shocked from both of their reactions. It wasn't until Mirko sat up yawning and stretching that Sesshomaru shot up to cover Miroku's few of Kagome.
He now stood face to face with her scenting all of the emotions radiating off her and utterly bewildered that she wasn't even the slightest bit upset.
Sesshomaru, in the worst fucking timing, finally sensed Inuyasha making his way back to camp.
Luckily Sango had raised from her resting place, "Sango, I think it best that you and Kagome go now to bathe."
Sango, half asleep, was now alert due to the urgency in his voice.
"Inuyasha is making his way here now as we speak."
Sango got up quickly grabbed both of the girls' things to bathe along with cloths, while Kagome stood there staring at Sesshomaru. Sango made her way to them and was about to grab Kagome when she realized how revealing the fabrics she wore were and how close she was to the stoic Lord. "Kagome, let's go." She finally grabbed her friend's arm and pulled her away. Shippo, woken up by the commotion, quickly followed behind the girls.
"Well, let the shit show begin."
Sesshomaru looked at Mirko and smirked.
"What?"
"You remind this One of his friend is all."
"You have friends?" Miroku asked shockingly.
Sesshomaru resisted the urger to roll his eyes, "That surprises you?"
Miroku shook his head, "Well, honestly, yes, it does." Miroku got up to stand next to him. "Just to make it clear all of us are siding with what you are doing. You can do for her what we cannot."
"Hn." That was all Sesshomaru said, but he felt reassured that the Miko's companions welcomed what he was doing for her sake., that they realized what was happening and wanted to stop it.
Both Sesshomaru and Miroku prepared themselves as Inuyasha made his way through the tree-line holding Tessaiga yelling, "Sesshomaru!"
So what do we think of Lily?
I wanted a happy ending for Kimiko after all that happened. Side note, Sesshomaru gets his lavender from Italy which his where his mother and mate live- hehe I like think I am clever lol or at least funny.
Error-NoSkill: Sorry you didn't get your Inuyasha blow up but promise its coming :)