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InuYasha. **sigh**
P.S. Pretend that Fluffly's arm has grown back okay?
Mysteries Within the Shadows – Part 2
Sesshoumaru watched Rin playing in the field before him from his shaded refuge underneath a large cherry tree. The little girl giggled happily when a butterfly fluttered by and again as she made chase. Sesshoumaru shifted his gaze away from the laughing child to take in his surroundings. A warm, gentle breeze swept across the field, whipping his long, white mane around him. With it, the breeze brought the delicate scents of the newly bloomed flowers that blanketed the ground. Sesshoumaru breathed in the soothing scent deeply until he was dismayed to realize that the honeysuckle was weaved in with the others. His mother had smelled of honeysuckles.
'Damn it!' he snarled inwardly. 'What is with this lately?'
He had been having that dream every night for the past week and a half. And with every passing night it became worse. He would wake up not an hour after having fallen asleep and not be able to return to sleep until the next night. And it kept happening over and over again. Jaken knew something was amiss; Sesshoumaru had been more irritable and impatient as of late. Sesshoumaru's ever-lasting patience for Rin and Jaken's constant bickering had virtually disappeared and he had already snapped at them several times. This was how Sesshoumaru had found himself giving them more rests and stops during the day. They gave Rin and Jaken time away from each other, and Sesshoumaru time away from them. Sesshoumaru didn't think that Rin had any real idea what was going on. She would look at him for a moment, shrug her small shoulders and turn back to her flowers.
Sesshoumaru made sure that his exterior maintained it's cold and calm demeanor, but inside was a ragging battle between the feelings that surrounded his mother's death and his usual self that was trying to lock those feelings back into the place that they had escaped from. All in all it was really beginning to upset him. 'I will NOT let my emotions get the best of me!' he yelled internally. Sesshoumaru could have sworn that something had laughed back at him.
"I really need to kill something," he mumbled under his breath.
Suddenly the breeze came again, but this time it brought a new scent with it. Six new scents to be exact.
Sesshoumaru couldn't help the almost feral smile that crossed his lips.
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"What on earth is wrong with you InuYasha?" Kagome yelled at the said demon that was currently walking away from her.
"Nothing's wrong with me you stupid girl! Now will you leave me the hell alone damn it!"
Sango sighed heavily as the two continued to bicker. This had been building up for days. InuYasha had gone from annoying to down right close to being an ass hole. Something was bothering him, everyone could tell. But he continued to insist that everything was fine. Beside her, Miroku sighed as well, there was nothing that they could do until InuYasha and Kagome worked this out. 'I wonder what he's thinking.' Sango thought as she glanced suspiciously out of the corner of her eye. He had his hands tucked in the volumes of his sleeves and appeared to be in deep thought. 'Hmmm, very suspicious…' she thought to herself. Suddenly Kagome's voice broke through her train of thoughts.
"You are sooo selfish InuYasha! How are we supposed to help you if you won't tell us what's wrong?"
"Who said that I needed or wanted your or anyone else's help! Like I would ever need help from a human anyway!" He roared back. Kagome had been about to say the "S" would but a new voice interrupted her.
"Why InuYasha, there may be hope for you yet…"
Everyone whirled to the direction that the new voice had originated from. From underneath the dark canopy of the new green leaves emerged Sesshoumaru. His long white hair catching slightly in the breeze, his expression was one that would almost be called amusement.
"Sesshoumaru! What the hell do you want? Tetsusaiga?" InuYasha yelled at his half brother, drawing the sword from its sheath.
"Actually no. But you will need it." All amusement had left the demon's face and voice as he walked forward. "I needed something to kill and you arrived exactly on time." He drawled out slowly as he flexed his claws, popping the knuckles.
"Fine. If you want another lesson, you shall have it."
Sesshoumaru didn't let InuYasha finish before he started forward. He closed the gap between them as InuYasha finished, his right had enveloped in eerie green wisps of poison. InuYasha barely managed to get Tetsusaiga up in time to block, but the force of the blow still drove him back. InuYasha blocked with the sword again as Sesshoumaru's whip lashed at him. It forced him back as well, putting more and more distance between them. When a brief pause in Sesshoumaru's attack occurred, InuYasha quickly raised the Tetsusaiga over his head.
"Kaze no Kizu." Kagome mumbled to herself as she and the others watched from a safe distance. 'There's no way Sesshoumaru can dodge it.' She thought confidently.
'The whelp is going to use the Kaze no Kizu on me again, huh.' Sesshoumaru wondered. 'If I go now before he brings the blade down…' Sesshoumaru rushed forward.
"He's running towards it?!?!" Kagome and Sango exclaimed in unison.
1 "InuYasha did the same to him." Miroku interjected. "In their second fight, when InuYasha had told Shippo and I to get you out, Kagome-sama. You had been unconscious from when Sesshoumaru had swung the Tetsusaiga at you. He had run into the attack and managed to get through before it hit full force to allow us to escape. Sesshoumaru is now using it on him."
2
3 "InuYasha…" Kagome whispered quietly.
4
5 That was when they felt it. Sesshoumaru was maybe ten feet from InuYasha, his right hand poised and ready. InuYasha had just begun to bring the katana down. Kagome, Miroku, Sango, Shippo, and Kirara all felt a strong blast of energy envelope the area and a brief flash of light. When the light faded, they could only watch and wonder as both demons, never having reached the other, collapsed to the ground, unconscious.
MUHAHAHAHAHA!!! I'm done part two. YEAH! Anyway please, please, please, please, please REVIEW! IF YOU DON'T I WILL BE FORCED TO USE MY BACK UP PLAN. I'LL CRY!!
Kaze no Kizu – The Cutting Wind
P.S. Pretend that Fluffly's arm has grown back okay?
Mysteries Within the Shadows – Part 2
Sesshoumaru watched Rin playing in the field before him from his shaded refuge underneath a large cherry tree. The little girl giggled happily when a butterfly fluttered by and again as she made chase. Sesshoumaru shifted his gaze away from the laughing child to take in his surroundings. A warm, gentle breeze swept across the field, whipping his long, white mane around him. With it, the breeze brought the delicate scents of the newly bloomed flowers that blanketed the ground. Sesshoumaru breathed in the soothing scent deeply until he was dismayed to realize that the honeysuckle was weaved in with the others. His mother had smelled of honeysuckles.
'Damn it!' he snarled inwardly. 'What is with this lately?'
He had been having that dream every night for the past week and a half. And with every passing night it became worse. He would wake up not an hour after having fallen asleep and not be able to return to sleep until the next night. And it kept happening over and over again. Jaken knew something was amiss; Sesshoumaru had been more irritable and impatient as of late. Sesshoumaru's ever-lasting patience for Rin and Jaken's constant bickering had virtually disappeared and he had already snapped at them several times. This was how Sesshoumaru had found himself giving them more rests and stops during the day. They gave Rin and Jaken time away from each other, and Sesshoumaru time away from them. Sesshoumaru didn't think that Rin had any real idea what was going on. She would look at him for a moment, shrug her small shoulders and turn back to her flowers.
Sesshoumaru made sure that his exterior maintained it's cold and calm demeanor, but inside was a ragging battle between the feelings that surrounded his mother's death and his usual self that was trying to lock those feelings back into the place that they had escaped from. All in all it was really beginning to upset him. 'I will NOT let my emotions get the best of me!' he yelled internally. Sesshoumaru could have sworn that something had laughed back at him.
"I really need to kill something," he mumbled under his breath.
Suddenly the breeze came again, but this time it brought a new scent with it. Six new scents to be exact.
Sesshoumaru couldn't help the almost feral smile that crossed his lips.
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
"What on earth is wrong with you InuYasha?" Kagome yelled at the said demon that was currently walking away from her.
"Nothing's wrong with me you stupid girl! Now will you leave me the hell alone damn it!"
Sango sighed heavily as the two continued to bicker. This had been building up for days. InuYasha had gone from annoying to down right close to being an ass hole. Something was bothering him, everyone could tell. But he continued to insist that everything was fine. Beside her, Miroku sighed as well, there was nothing that they could do until InuYasha and Kagome worked this out. 'I wonder what he's thinking.' Sango thought as she glanced suspiciously out of the corner of her eye. He had his hands tucked in the volumes of his sleeves and appeared to be in deep thought. 'Hmmm, very suspicious…' she thought to herself. Suddenly Kagome's voice broke through her train of thoughts.
"You are sooo selfish InuYasha! How are we supposed to help you if you won't tell us what's wrong?"
"Who said that I needed or wanted your or anyone else's help! Like I would ever need help from a human anyway!" He roared back. Kagome had been about to say the "S" would but a new voice interrupted her.
"Why InuYasha, there may be hope for you yet…"
Everyone whirled to the direction that the new voice had originated from. From underneath the dark canopy of the new green leaves emerged Sesshoumaru. His long white hair catching slightly in the breeze, his expression was one that would almost be called amusement.
"Sesshoumaru! What the hell do you want? Tetsusaiga?" InuYasha yelled at his half brother, drawing the sword from its sheath.
"Actually no. But you will need it." All amusement had left the demon's face and voice as he walked forward. "I needed something to kill and you arrived exactly on time." He drawled out slowly as he flexed his claws, popping the knuckles.
"Fine. If you want another lesson, you shall have it."
Sesshoumaru didn't let InuYasha finish before he started forward. He closed the gap between them as InuYasha finished, his right had enveloped in eerie green wisps of poison. InuYasha barely managed to get Tetsusaiga up in time to block, but the force of the blow still drove him back. InuYasha blocked with the sword again as Sesshoumaru's whip lashed at him. It forced him back as well, putting more and more distance between them. When a brief pause in Sesshoumaru's attack occurred, InuYasha quickly raised the Tetsusaiga over his head.
"Kaze no Kizu." Kagome mumbled to herself as she and the others watched from a safe distance. 'There's no way Sesshoumaru can dodge it.' She thought confidently.
'The whelp is going to use the Kaze no Kizu on me again, huh.' Sesshoumaru wondered. 'If I go now before he brings the blade down…' Sesshoumaru rushed forward.
"He's running towards it?!?!" Kagome and Sango exclaimed in unison.
1 "InuYasha did the same to him." Miroku interjected. "In their second fight, when InuYasha had told Shippo and I to get you out, Kagome-sama. You had been unconscious from when Sesshoumaru had swung the Tetsusaiga at you. He had run into the attack and managed to get through before it hit full force to allow us to escape. Sesshoumaru is now using it on him."
2
3 "InuYasha…" Kagome whispered quietly.
4
5 That was when they felt it. Sesshoumaru was maybe ten feet from InuYasha, his right hand poised and ready. InuYasha had just begun to bring the katana down. Kagome, Miroku, Sango, Shippo, and Kirara all felt a strong blast of energy envelope the area and a brief flash of light. When the light faded, they could only watch and wonder as both demons, never having reached the other, collapsed to the ground, unconscious.
MUHAHAHAHAHA!!! I'm done part two. YEAH! Anyway please, please, please, please, please REVIEW! IF YOU DON'T I WILL BE FORCED TO USE MY BACK UP PLAN. I'LL CRY!!
Kaze no Kizu – The Cutting Wind