(Inuyashu and co does not belong to me, I just like to write about them. This is mainly a Sesshoumaru/Kagome fic, C & C welcome. Finally, Kagome and Sess-chan meet again - oh and let's just say he got an arm to replace his missing one, kay? Plus a funny little bit to lighten things up a tad.)
Kanashimi no Hate ni - End To Sorrow - Six
Stand Off
Kagome watched with shock as Sesshoumaru floated down towards her. When he landed, it was then that Kagome noticed the whimpering child.
"You know me, hanyou." Sesshoumaru narrowed his golden eyes. "And you carry the Tetsusaiga - the sword that belonged to my father, the great demon lord of this land. Hence it belongs to Sesshoumaru."
Kagome stood her ground and said, "It belonged to Inuyasha and you KNOW it! You couldn't even TOUCH it!"
Suddenly the dog-demon lord was practically in her face, his nose mere inches from her face.
"Your scent - yes I smell my brother but there is another smell.." Sesshoumaru's eyes locked onto Kagome's. "You - you were my hanyou brother's wench.."
"I was NOT his wench!" Kagome said hotly.
"That is evident. Since he chose the walking dead miko over you.." Sesshoumaru pulled away from Kagome.
Kagome's face reddened at his taunt.
"You have changed.." Sesshoumaru remarked. "No longer a skinny girl but a woman. My brother was more a fool than he realized."
Kagome looked confused for a moment. Had Sesshoumaru actually complimented HER? Surely the world was going to end!
"Give me the Tetsusaiga.." Sesshoumaru brought the little girl up against his shoulder and extended the claws of his hand. Kagome knew what he could do with those claws. The poison in them would kill the little one.
Kagome glanced at the blade and then brought it up. Once more it turned into the Fang of Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha's father.
"No." Kagome's eyes were on the little girl. She reminded her of her brother Sota - a little. But she didn't trust Sesshoumaru - not one bit.
Sesshoumaru raised an eyebrow as he gently but firmly pressed a claw against the child's neck. He disliked holding the human child close. Her fear was a stench the demon lord did not like. She was not at all like his fearless Rin.
"You know what I can do to this child, Inuyasha's woman?"
"Quit calling me that!" Kagome spat. "My name is Kagome! Ka - go - me!"
Kagome felt a sense of deja-vu as she said that. In the first days after she met Inuyasha, she had told him the very same thing.
Sesshoumaru only shrugged and pressed his claw against the child's neck. Kagome knew that if he punctured her skin that would be the end.
"How will I know if I gave you Tetsusaiga that you would not kill the child anyway?"
"You don't." Sesshoumaru said with little emotion.
"Then the answer is no." Kagome let go of her shirt and pushing all modesty aside, hefted the Tetsusaiga with both hands. Let him look.
"I know from Inuyasha that this can kill one hundred youkai in one blow.." Kagome said lowly.
Was it her or did Sesshoumaru actually look amused?
"It was only through luck that that hanyou could do so.." Sesshoumaru said. "You are even less, hanyou woman.."
"Then maybe I'll get lucky!" Kagome smiled grimly. "I know of the Wound of the Wind.."
Sesshoumaru was taken aback but his eyes did not show it. This woman - this Kagome - she was no longer a skinny girl who had travelled with his half-brother. She was different now - in what way he could not fathom. Physically she had rounded out and her eyes held the knowledge of pain and grief. Sesshoumaru abruptly let the child go and the child ran as fast as he legs could take her, to her grandfather. They disappeared unoticed by the two combatants.
"Knowing of it is not the same as knowing just how to use it, wench!" Sesshoumaru charged at her, his claws extended.
Jaken watched at a distance and cheered his master on.
"Yes! Sesshoumaru-sama! Obliterate that hanyou scum!" He jumped up and down, confident that there would be no girl stepping on his head!
However, he did not notice the tiny flea that had hopped up on his shoulder.
Myoga the flea could be quick when he needed to be, and he always happened to be at the right place at the right time because he was quick to leave the wrong place at the right time. After all, not many fleas lived as long as he, Myoga.
"Ah, Kagome! She is back! Hm, she looks different. More tasty! Hmmm..speaking of which, Myoga is pretty thirsty from his long journey!"
The flea did what he did best and latched onto the toad youkai's neck, not really paying attention. The little flea took a healthy suck and -
"Phah! Putoi! Agh!" Myoga pulled away from Jaken's neck, nearly gettting slapped in the process. For a moment, he whirled around drunkenly on the youkai's shoulder and blinked.
"Oh! Nasty! Nasty! Nasty! Myoga will never be the same! Gah! It's Jaken-sama! No wonder! Poor Myoga will never get the taste of dirty socks out of his mouth!" Myoga blinked again and hopped off of the youkai. He would just have to wait this one out. He only hoped that Kagome would have a chance against Sesshoumaru. Even with the Tetsusaiga and her hanyou traits, it might not be enough, but as Myoga hopped away, he yelled, "Go Kagome! Tetsusaiga will protect you from Sesshoumaru-sama!"
"Eh? Myoga? " Kagome held the sword against Sesshoumaru's onslaught. The demon could not get near her, for the Tetsusaiga did just that - protected her from his attack.
Sesshoumaru growled in his throat. This would not do. The sword as it had before, protected Kagome - despite the bit of youkai blood within her. He sensed that she was in flux - that is her abilities as a hanyou. He had noted the way she had leaped gracefully onto Shiraku. His brother had never had that kind of control - ever. His eyes narrowed. It was not enough to take the Tetsusaiga. He supposed he would have to take the woman too. It was just as well, as she would not be around very long.
"Jaken.." Sesshoumaru nodded to his servant. It was an unspoken signal for Jaken and he took full advantage of it.
"Hanyou- woman!" Jaken called out. Kagome's attention was turned away from Sesshoumaru and focused on Jaken instead. But it wasn't the toad youkai who caught her attention exactly.
~Shikon no Tama shards..Jaken has them?.~ She stared at Jaken transfixed. It was then that the bolt of energy hit her against her side, knocking her unconscious, but not killing her as it would have. She slumped to the ground, her grip still on the Tetsusaiga, now returned to normal.
"Aiii! Yes! Got her!" Jaken crowed as he came to where Kagome lay slumped on the ground. Jaken poked at her with his foot. "She still lives, Sesshoumaru-same. Shall I dispatch her?"
"No." Sesshoumaru said as he picked her up off the ground. The stench of blood upon her nearly overloaded his sensitive nose. "Come, Jaken."
Jaken frowned. Another human! Surely his master had plans for that one - the woman of his brother. What plans Jaken didn't know. Still, two humans in his presence was two humans too many. Jaken glanced at the very dead Shiraku on the ground just beyond where they were.
~Stupid youkai. Stupid Shiraku. You always were stupid - even as a child ~ Jaken scowled. It just proved the point that you could not chose your relatives.
~But thank you for the shard - cousin..~ Jaken snickered as he went off to follow his master, who had inexplicably decided to go off on foot into the darkness.
Already the youkai were gathering at the village, their feast of the dead beginning.
Kanashimi no Hate ni - End To Sorrow - Six
Stand Off
Kagome watched with shock as Sesshoumaru floated down towards her. When he landed, it was then that Kagome noticed the whimpering child.
"You know me, hanyou." Sesshoumaru narrowed his golden eyes. "And you carry the Tetsusaiga - the sword that belonged to my father, the great demon lord of this land. Hence it belongs to Sesshoumaru."
Kagome stood her ground and said, "It belonged to Inuyasha and you KNOW it! You couldn't even TOUCH it!"
Suddenly the dog-demon lord was practically in her face, his nose mere inches from her face.
"Your scent - yes I smell my brother but there is another smell.." Sesshoumaru's eyes locked onto Kagome's. "You - you were my hanyou brother's wench.."
"I was NOT his wench!" Kagome said hotly.
"That is evident. Since he chose the walking dead miko over you.." Sesshoumaru pulled away from Kagome.
Kagome's face reddened at his taunt.
"You have changed.." Sesshoumaru remarked. "No longer a skinny girl but a woman. My brother was more a fool than he realized."
Kagome looked confused for a moment. Had Sesshoumaru actually complimented HER? Surely the world was going to end!
"Give me the Tetsusaiga.." Sesshoumaru brought the little girl up against his shoulder and extended the claws of his hand. Kagome knew what he could do with those claws. The poison in them would kill the little one.
Kagome glanced at the blade and then brought it up. Once more it turned into the Fang of Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha's father.
"No." Kagome's eyes were on the little girl. She reminded her of her brother Sota - a little. But she didn't trust Sesshoumaru - not one bit.
Sesshoumaru raised an eyebrow as he gently but firmly pressed a claw against the child's neck. He disliked holding the human child close. Her fear was a stench the demon lord did not like. She was not at all like his fearless Rin.
"You know what I can do to this child, Inuyasha's woman?"
"Quit calling me that!" Kagome spat. "My name is Kagome! Ka - go - me!"
Kagome felt a sense of deja-vu as she said that. In the first days after she met Inuyasha, she had told him the very same thing.
Sesshoumaru only shrugged and pressed his claw against the child's neck. Kagome knew that if he punctured her skin that would be the end.
"How will I know if I gave you Tetsusaiga that you would not kill the child anyway?"
"You don't." Sesshoumaru said with little emotion.
"Then the answer is no." Kagome let go of her shirt and pushing all modesty aside, hefted the Tetsusaiga with both hands. Let him look.
"I know from Inuyasha that this can kill one hundred youkai in one blow.." Kagome said lowly.
Was it her or did Sesshoumaru actually look amused?
"It was only through luck that that hanyou could do so.." Sesshoumaru said. "You are even less, hanyou woman.."
"Then maybe I'll get lucky!" Kagome smiled grimly. "I know of the Wound of the Wind.."
Sesshoumaru was taken aback but his eyes did not show it. This woman - this Kagome - she was no longer a skinny girl who had travelled with his half-brother. She was different now - in what way he could not fathom. Physically she had rounded out and her eyes held the knowledge of pain and grief. Sesshoumaru abruptly let the child go and the child ran as fast as he legs could take her, to her grandfather. They disappeared unoticed by the two combatants.
"Knowing of it is not the same as knowing just how to use it, wench!" Sesshoumaru charged at her, his claws extended.
Jaken watched at a distance and cheered his master on.
"Yes! Sesshoumaru-sama! Obliterate that hanyou scum!" He jumped up and down, confident that there would be no girl stepping on his head!
However, he did not notice the tiny flea that had hopped up on his shoulder.
Myoga the flea could be quick when he needed to be, and he always happened to be at the right place at the right time because he was quick to leave the wrong place at the right time. After all, not many fleas lived as long as he, Myoga.
"Ah, Kagome! She is back! Hm, she looks different. More tasty! Hmmm..speaking of which, Myoga is pretty thirsty from his long journey!"
The flea did what he did best and latched onto the toad youkai's neck, not really paying attention. The little flea took a healthy suck and -
"Phah! Putoi! Agh!" Myoga pulled away from Jaken's neck, nearly gettting slapped in the process. For a moment, he whirled around drunkenly on the youkai's shoulder and blinked.
"Oh! Nasty! Nasty! Nasty! Myoga will never be the same! Gah! It's Jaken-sama! No wonder! Poor Myoga will never get the taste of dirty socks out of his mouth!" Myoga blinked again and hopped off of the youkai. He would just have to wait this one out. He only hoped that Kagome would have a chance against Sesshoumaru. Even with the Tetsusaiga and her hanyou traits, it might not be enough, but as Myoga hopped away, he yelled, "Go Kagome! Tetsusaiga will protect you from Sesshoumaru-sama!"
"Eh? Myoga? " Kagome held the sword against Sesshoumaru's onslaught. The demon could not get near her, for the Tetsusaiga did just that - protected her from his attack.
Sesshoumaru growled in his throat. This would not do. The sword as it had before, protected Kagome - despite the bit of youkai blood within her. He sensed that she was in flux - that is her abilities as a hanyou. He had noted the way she had leaped gracefully onto Shiraku. His brother had never had that kind of control - ever. His eyes narrowed. It was not enough to take the Tetsusaiga. He supposed he would have to take the woman too. It was just as well, as she would not be around very long.
"Jaken.." Sesshoumaru nodded to his servant. It was an unspoken signal for Jaken and he took full advantage of it.
"Hanyou- woman!" Jaken called out. Kagome's attention was turned away from Sesshoumaru and focused on Jaken instead. But it wasn't the toad youkai who caught her attention exactly.
~Shikon no Tama shards..Jaken has them?.~ She stared at Jaken transfixed. It was then that the bolt of energy hit her against her side, knocking her unconscious, but not killing her as it would have. She slumped to the ground, her grip still on the Tetsusaiga, now returned to normal.
"Aiii! Yes! Got her!" Jaken crowed as he came to where Kagome lay slumped on the ground. Jaken poked at her with his foot. "She still lives, Sesshoumaru-same. Shall I dispatch her?"
"No." Sesshoumaru said as he picked her up off the ground. The stench of blood upon her nearly overloaded his sensitive nose. "Come, Jaken."
Jaken frowned. Another human! Surely his master had plans for that one - the woman of his brother. What plans Jaken didn't know. Still, two humans in his presence was two humans too many. Jaken glanced at the very dead Shiraku on the ground just beyond where they were.
~Stupid youkai. Stupid Shiraku. You always were stupid - even as a child ~ Jaken scowled. It just proved the point that you could not chose your relatives.
~But thank you for the shard - cousin..~ Jaken snickered as he went off to follow his master, who had inexplicably decided to go off on foot into the darkness.
Already the youkai were gathering at the village, their feast of the dead beginning.
