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Author's Note:Hello everyone! I am back with another chapter. I feel really bad about not posting any chapters in months so I wrote another one for my loyal reviewers. I apologize if the chapter seems off. My muse has been all kinds of weird lately. But thankfully my semester will be over in three weeks. I hope to post chapters on a regular basis once classes end. Flashbacks will be in italics. Thoughts will be in bold italics. Anyway, if you choose to flame me, BRING IT ON, but I would prefer constructive criticism. Thank you for all the reviews. It is wonderful to know that people are really digging the story.
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Anyway, sit back and enjoy the next chapter of Regaining Time Lost.
Chapter 9: You Belong To Me
Much to Inuyasha's amazement, Sesshomaru refrained from using any of his swords. He merely used his fists, claws and whips to effectively beat back his enemies. He and Inuyasha were doing their best not to inflict too much damage. Inuyasha did so because he knew that Koga and his wolves had no idea that Kagura was under Sesshomaru's protection. Inuyasha had no idea why Sessomaru listened to him when the stubborn dog would have usually brushed off his warning as if he was a meddlesome fly.
Koga gave a sharp bark that caused his wolf tribe to stop their attack. They went into formation and encircled Sesshomaru, Inuyasha and Kagura effectively. The situation had definitely gotten out of hand. Questions needed to be answered and punishment needed to be delivered. Koga did not have a problem with Inuyasha anymore but he was not going to allow him to barge into his territory and act as if he was Alpha here.
"Enough!" Koga growled, "Dog face what are you doing here attacking my pack? Take your hands off my bitch." Koga pushed his way into the circle. His arms were folded across his chest as he stared Inuyasha and Sesshomaru down.
"You will address this Sesshomaru properly or not at all you pitiful excuse of a wolf," Sesshomaru growled out, "Have you forgotten who this Sesshomaru is?"
"I know you're mutt face's brother," Koga replied.
"Koga," Ayame whispered, "That's Lord Sesshomaru. He's the lord of the western lands."
"And why should I give a fuck who he is? He has barged into our territory and attacked our wolves," Koga responded.
"You idiot. She is not one of your wolves," Inuyasha said.
"I wasn't talking to you mutt face!" Koga growled.
"I am trying to save your mangy ass from becoming a pile of dust! You kidnapped and attacked a member of our pack," Inuyasha retorted. Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow a Inuyasha's statement. 'Our' he said. Sessomaru was sure he heard Inuyasha correctly but he couldn't believe that that had come out of his mouth. He almost lost his composure when he heard what Inuyasha said next.
"Not only did you do that but you kidnapped a female under my Alpha's protection. You're treading on fucking thin ice here wolf," Inuyasha explained.
"You can't be serious!" Koga growled before staring daggers at Ginta and Hakkaku, "You told me she didn't have a pack!"
"She didn't say she was traveling with anyone," Ginta explained, "Sorry Koga."
"Ugh, we took her because we need more females. She is a partly ookami. She should be part of her own kind," Koga reasoned.
"She's better off with us," Inuyasha spoke again.
"As if I would fucking care about a half breed's pack. She is not claimed so I took her. My pack needs females," Koga declared.
"You will watch your tone or this Sesshomaru will render you incapable," Sesshomaru warned, "Being in control of so much land has made you cocky and foolish wolf. Do not make this Sesshomaru take away the kindness the Inu No Taisho granted your lowly species."
"Lowly?! I…"
"Koga! He is the son of Inu No Taisho," Ayame whispered interrupting Koga. Koga paled for a moment. He had no idea that Lord Sesshomaru was the son of the Inu No Taisho. His father had told him stories of the dreadful Inu No Taisho. After the Inu No Taisho's death, his father and his wolves began to take over the western lands. Koga had no idea he had offspring. Obviously everyone else knew but him. Koga glared at Ginta and Hakkaku who were attempting to slink away.
"Finally someone with sense enough to cower in front of me," Sesshomaru said, "and a female no less. Pitiful wolf."
Koga's jaw flexed. He couldn't say nor do much now he knew the situation he was forced into. Yes he was on thin ice. Stand up to this filthy dog and get sliced down or back off and have his wolves ambush him because they found him weak? Yes, choices, choices. "Well," Koga started, "you wouldn't mind parting with her would you? It was a mistake by my men and they will be punished for it."
Inuyasha scoffed at Koga's change of attitude. The imbecile finally figured out who the hell he was dealing with. Inuyasha had so much to say. He had so many wise remarks to tell Koga but he held his tongue. Koga was speaking directly to Sesshomaru. In all honesty, this was not Inuyasha's fight. He learned a lot from Myouga and even Shippo about youkai. This was Sesshomaru's fight and as his Alpha, Inuyasha came to aid him even more than he came to help Kagura.
"She is under protection of this Sesshomaru," Sesshomaru said.
Koga's jaw flexed again. This was not going the way he wanted. He couldn't allow Sesshomaru to take Kagura back. Koga deserved his revenge and it would also look bad on him if he allowed Sesshomaru to leave with a wolf that wasn't marked yet. Or was she? Koga moved a little to get a glimpse of Kagura. She was bleeding a little. Norio's scent was on her. Did he complete the mating? Koga smirked and said, "Mating season is coming up. She has already been marked by Nobio. I am sure that you would not want the hassel of dealing with an omega bitch in heat nor deal with a female that will partially have another's scent on her."
"SHE BELONGS TO ME!" Sesshomaru snarled. In a split second, Sesshomaru had moved and was upon Norio. Inuyasha didn't turn to see what his older brother was doing. The yelp and the crushing of bones was all he needed to know. Sesshomaru was completely dispatching of the competition much to everyone's horror. However it was his right to do so but no one expected him to do so.
Sesshomaru rolled his shoulder as he whipped the blood from his claws. He stared into the eyes of the wolf that dared to touch Kagura. He watched the life drain out of him before turning back around to face Koga. "My half breed idiotic brother may have tolerated you chasing after his bitch and probably would have still if she hadn't birth him a pup. But I will NOT tolerate such behavior. If you lay your filthy paws on her again, you will have my full wrath upon you."
Sesshomaru let his anger wash over him as he transformed. He loomed over Koga growling menacingly, teasing him into reacting so he could swallow him whole. Koga did nothing and Sesshomaru snorted at that. He turned to Kagura who was going through the transformation. When it was complete, she picked Inuyasha up in her jaws before taking to the sky. Sesshomaru followed after her. They did not see the anger and horror on Koga's face as Sesshomaru's words sank in.
Inuamaya blinked. She was in complete darkness. She remembered putting on the necklace but nothing else. What happened? Where was she? Was she dead? She couldn't be dead. The lady hadn't attacked her yet or maybe she did and it was so quick that Inuamaya didn't feel it. Oh no! What about the others? Were they dead too?
"You are not dead child and your friends are safe,"
"Hello! Who are you? Where am I?"
"You are safe,"
"But what about Kaede, the twins and Ryu?"
"They are safe. You are protecting them,"
"How am I protecting them when I am here?"
"The necklace. The necklace grants its wearer incredible power that can be manipulated in any way that he or she should choose. You chose to protect them and that is what it did,"
"Why have you brought me here? Was it you who was calling me?"
"I have brought you here to speak. I was calling to Kagome-san but I somehow attracted you. What is your name?
"You were trying to call my mother?"
"Kagome-san is your mother?"
"Yes,"
"What is your name?"
"Inuamaya,"
"I see. I am glad that their love was pure after all,"
"What?"
"Child, there isn't much time. You are young and you can not use the full power of the necklace just yet.. I want you to listen and remember well. Something dark, something evil was waiting to be found when I was of the living. You must warn your family of its existence. It was by the Kamis that Naraku had not found it or we would have never prevailed,"
"What is it?"
"I do not even know but I do know that it will reveal itself soon now that the necklace has been revealed to the world. An army will be needed to defeat it. Inuyasha will have to accept his brother and he him. A small band of friends will not defeat this enemy. Make sure to keep the necklace on always and keep it close. If it ever gets a hold of it, we are all doomed."
Lady Hikari screamed out when the aura coming off in waves from the girl touched her skin. She was repelled back with much force. Lady Hikari landed on her face a few feet away. She pulled herself up to witness the girl encapsulating her prey in purifying energy. Lady Hikari swore when she saw her demons being turned to dust. The little girl was a half breed. How could she be able to gain the powers of a miko? The stories said that once a miko laid with a youkai that her powers would be lost and her half breed spawn would not have powers as well. This was going to be even more difficult than she thought. The little wench now had on the necklace. Lady Hikari stood no chance in touching her nor anyone else with the brat around. Lady Hikari could feel someone coming. She had to retreat. She was wounded and needed to rethink her next plan of action. "Until next time," Lady Hikari said as the ground opened up and she disappeared into it.
"Fox fire!" Shippo yelled. His blue flames made it to the spot where the woman was a second too late. He had ran ahead of Kirara and Kazuki after getting a bad vibe. Something told him that he needed to move faster. Shippo witnessed the woman trying to grab Inuamaya and then Inuamaya's incredible display of power. He had no idea that Inuamaya was a miko and obviously nor did her assailant. Inuamaya had sent her flying. Shippo would have been impressed and proud if he wasn't livid about missing the woman. Who the hell was she? And why were the children alone with Kaede and was that Kaede's blood?
"Shippo, don't go near Inuamaya. She's not herself. She'll purify you," Kirara warned. She had seen this before. She knew even a loved one while under the sway of this power would accidentally kill a loved one to protect oneself.
"No, she won't," Shippo said, "she knows me."
"Shippo.." Kirara started but Shippo was walking towards Inuamaya. The purple pulsating aura moved outwards towards Shippo. It lapped at Shippo's feet but he felt no pain. He kept walking until he was engulfed by it and was standing right in front of Inuamaya. Her pupils were enlarged and she stood there not seeing.
Shippo kneeled in front of her and hugged her. "Inuamaya, it's ok. You can drop your shield. Do not worry." A few seconds went by and he felt her body relax. "Shippo-chan," she muttered before becoming unconscious. She dropped the shield and Kirara rushed forward to look over Kaede.
"What happened?" Kirara asked.
Akemi and Akane told Kirara everything in between gasps of air as they tried to hold back the tears. Kirara hissed her frustrations. Once again the stupid humans had ignored the children. When the hell were they going to learn? Where the hell was Inuyasha? This would have never happened if Inuyasha was watching! A sharp pain of guilt hit her stomach when she thought that this would have never happened if she had been there.
"We need to get them back to the rest," Kazuki said picking up on Kirara's distress, "others will be attracted by the scent of human blood. We will be less likely to be attacked if they are more adults than children."
"We need to remove this dagger first," Kirara stated.
"Aye child leave it," Kaede said as her eyes fluttered open, "Ye only shorten the little time I have left. I am glad I got to see ye final form Kirara."
"Kaede-sama," Kirara stated with a soft smile, "please do not talk. You need to save your energy. Kazuki take the twins. Shippo take Inuamaya and the human boy over there. We need to move now."
Sesshomaru flew through the air. He was fine at first but the wind kept bringing Kagura's scent to his nose. It was infuriating. The smell of her fear, her blood, and that blasted wolf's excitement on her was enough to make him vomit. He was becoming angry and he was sure that he would lash out on someone who didn't deserve it. They were nearing a hot springs and Sesshomaru gave a sharp bark. Kagura tossed Inuyasha towards a tree as she made her dissent. Inuyasha expertly caught a branch and flipped his way down to the ground as he waited for Kagura and Sesshomaru to land.
"Go bathe," Sesshomaru ordered. Kagura quickly turned and walked off to the hot springs with a nod. This unnerved him so. He did not like Kagura. It was not natural of her and he still did not know if Kagura was tainted or not. Sesshomaru would find that out later. His main focus was on Inuyasha.
"Look I know what you're about to say and I agree. Koga should be beaten within an inch of his life but we can't afford to lose any allies right now," Inuyasha explained, "After everything is settled, I'll help you castrate him but right now we need to keep our cool."
"You've spoken well little brother," Sesshomaru stated, "You would've made father proud."
"…I think you've taken one too many hits to the head tonight," Inuyasha said.
"What is it that you wish to speak with me about Inuyasha?" Sesshomaru asked.
"A disease or illness or something fucking up the lands. I don't know. I didn't get the chance to talk to Shippo about it before we had to leave," Inuyasha replied.
"You left Kaede's village?" Sesshomaru questioned.
"It wasn't safe and…"Inuyashs started.
"You will bring our pack to my castle and we will discuss it then," Sesshomaru stated. He was looking at the moon tonight. It was blood red. It made him frown. The last time the moon looked like it did was when his father died. "The moon is red tonight. Return to our pack. I feel that there is danger lurking."
"Alright. Keep her safe Sesshomaru," Inuyasha replied.
"You believe I would not?" Sesshomaru asked as he began walking towards the hot springs.
"No but I think you forget that you can be dangerous as well," Inuyasha replied. His response gave Sesshomaru pause. Before he could reply, Inuyasha was already making his way back to the pack.
"You idiot!" Kagome screamed as she stumped Myouga with all her might.
"I had to poison the tree with the herb. I couldn't risk losing you all's attention and having to tell the tale over again!" Myouga squeaked out between the gaps of where Kagome's foot was raised to stump.
"Your poisoning us may have gotten our children killed!" Kagome replied as she kicked Myouga into a tree. She was the first to notice that something was off with the group. There was no laughter, no snoring and she had a strange yearning to listen to Myouga's each and every word day in and day out. It didn't take her long to figure out that something was put into the tea. Oh she would shoot him with a purified arrow if she knew she wouldn't feel horrible about it later.
"Kagome, enough! You will stay and keep a watch over Rin with Kohaku. Sango and I will…" Miroku said.
"Look!" Sango interrupted as she pointed at Kirara running towards them. Kaede was holding onto her fur barely as they ran towards Sango and Miroku who dropped their weapons to receive Kaede. Kazuki and Shippo were right after.
"What happened?" Kagome explained.
"As far as I understand it, Inuamaya was called by an unknown force. Akemi and Akane followed her to find the human boy. He was from Kaede's village. He was to deliver that necklace on Inuamaya's neck to you but Inuamaya took it. They were ambushed by Lady Hikari. Kaede tried to defend them but was stabbed. Inuamaya put on the necklace and put up a shield that fended Lady Hikari off until we arrived," Kirara explained, "I am sorry Kagome, Sango and Miroku. I should've came sooner."
"…Kirara?" Sango asked.
"Yes, my friend. It is I, Kirara," Kirara replied.
Sango embraced her and said, "How…how did this happen?"
"Explanations later. We will need to take care of the wounded and set up a shield," Kirara stated, "Where is Inuyasha?"
"He had to take care of something," Kagome said briefly.
"I will put up sutras on the trees. It will give us a protective barrier from most demons" Miroku stated, "Shippo do you still have those alert toys of yours?"
"Yes, I will set them up around our camp," Shippo said as he followed after Miroku.
"I will help those two Kirara," Kazuki stated before joining up with Miroku and Shippo.
"Who is that?" Sango asked.
"Someone of my past," Kirara answered.
"Enough talking. We must take care of the boy. He is bleeding pretty badly and remove the dagger from Kaede's chest," Kagome said.
"Nay child. We will wait for Inuyasha. Tend to the boy," Kaede stated.
Kagura's shaking hands tried to touch the wounds on her back but she couldn't muster much energy to clean them. She felt something slide against her back and inhaled. It was Sesshomaru. His rough tongue ran against her wounds. He never did this before but it needed to be done. That damn wolf's scent was all over and he thought ordering her to bathe would have gotten rid of it but it was still there, still lingering, still defying him. Sesshomaru felt Kagura stiffen under his hold and he growled. He turned her around so he was facing her.
"Did you really think that this Sesshomaru would take you in this state like a lowly beast?" Sesshomaru growled.
"You are a male," Kagura replied.
Her words stung and his eyes narrowed. He gripped her by the throat as he pushed her up against the boulder. Did she really think he was someone filthy, low classed beast? If that is what she wanted, he would show her what that was really like.
"Let go of me," Kagura hissed at him.
"You belong to this Sesshomaru and I shall do whatever I want with you," Sesshomaru growled as his grip tightened, "Submit to me bitch."
Kagura's eyes narrowed slightly and his grip tightened. The fear was fading from her eyes and was being replaced by anger. She threw a punch and Sesshomaru caught her fist. He pushed the arm back against the boulder and snarled at her. Yes. This was the Kagura he wanted. He didn't want the weak, fragile creature that couldn't even bathe her. He wanted the strong, resilient bitch who faced death with a smile. Sesshomaru's eyes widened when he heard the low growl erupting from the bowels of Kagura's stomach. It should have infuriated him but he became fully aware of her nudity and how close he was to her. Kagura could feel his arousal through his wet pants on her leg and she stiffened a little. Was he turned on by her? Before she could think anything more about it, Sesshomaru removed himself from the situation leaving Kagura baffled.
Author's Note: I hope you all enjoyed. CLIFFHANGER! Xx-LoveNeverMore143-xX and supereman, thank you for reviewing. I agree with you Feelingmyself. I was also disappointed with the ending of Inuyasha. I did enjoy the manga/anime but I felt like they could do more with it such as go in more depth with Inuyasha and Kikyo's backstory as well as create a continuation anime. I am sure there are enough fans to demand it but until then we have people like me making good ol' fanfiction for all to enjoy. Please review and stay tuned for the next chapter of Regaining Time Lost.