Bloody Roses
A Sesshomaru Fanfiction
Disclaimer: I do not own any characters of Inu-yasha.
Author's Note: Hi! this is the next installment of Bloody Roses. It took me a while with all the editing and spell checking but I got it posted. I'm glad you guys like my new fanfiction. Keep on reviewing its inspiration to my writings. Thanks!
Chapter Four: A Battle for Love
The air was still frigid from the last of traces of a fading winter; it smelled of pine needles and wild deer. The forest was at this time, lush and green, and the mid-morning sky, tufted with high-flying clouds, shone a brilliant blue. Inu-yasha curled up into his furry blanket, still shivering from the chilly winds. He wore a crimson and black silk kimono that glisten brilliantly in the cool moonlight. He held Kagome to his upper body, keeping her warm against the cold winds. The ebony-haired girl he embraced within his arms slept soundly, so quietly that Inu-yasha could barely hear her breathing. A sudden noise stirred the crew. It was a loud growl followed by a sickening thud. Kagome placed her hand over her heart.
"That scared me half to death. Inu-Yasha, are you sure this is a safe place to camp for the night? I mean…just look at it!" Kagome gestured.
The area smelled like blood that had been recently spilled unto the ground and soaked within the soil.
"Why do humans always complain!" Inu-yasha growled as he stood up stretching.
Inu-yasha saw the flash of something silver in his peripheral vision and turned, his long white hair sweeping across his eyes for a brief moment. One pointed furred ear twitched, listening for any sound coming from the area... nothing.
"There's someone following us.... Kagome run and hide!" Inu-yasha commanded
Kagome stood up, gathered her blankets and disappeared into the dark forest.
Inu-yasha unsheated Tetsusaiga and traced the blood scent through the forest.
The aroma was a mix of demon and human blood, the scent becoming a stench in Inu-yasha's nose.
"Be careful Lord Inu-yasha...." Myouga the flea whispered hopping onto Inu-yasha's shoulder.
"I can sense some sort of mysterious energy emitting from within this forest" Myouga stated.
Deep within the ancient forest, Lady Hoshiko stood next to the river crying her kimono covered with Sesshomaru's blood.
*Flashback*
"It's your own fault, for ignoring me and suspecting me all the time! I told you the truth about who I am! And I told you there was no danger in my going with you, but would you listen to me? No! I'm a woman, why should you pay any attention to what I say? Women are only fit to do as they're told, and follow orders, and sit meekly around with their hands folded, waiting for men come back and tell them what to do!" Lady Hoshiko shouted her face flushed with fury.
"I am your wife! But you don't care a thing about me! I'm just your property; it only matters to you because you think I belong to you, and you can't stand to have someone take something that belongs to you!"
"I don't like it! I don't like it a bit! But that doesn't matter either, does it? As long as I'm here to warm your bed, you don't care what I think or how I feel! That's all a wife is to you.... something to stick your cock into when you feel the fucking urge!"
"You foul-mouth bitch! How dare you speak to me that way!" Sesshomaru snapped angrily grabbing a fist full of the Lady's hair.
"Let go of me!" Lady Hoshiko shouted
"I should snap your neck right now for your insolent, wrench!" Sesshomaru growled in anger.
He replied by throwing her across the room, into the chest where he stored his bedding.
Sesshoumaru watched her with a cruel glint in his eyes and a growl rumbling in his chest.
Lady Hoshiko gasped in pain and glared at him with hard eyes and little trickle of blood at the corner of her mouth.
" I see how you are! Your race is too primitive to show love!" Lady Hoshiko exclaimed.
"Hatred is a deformed emotion that is the opposite of love. Your heart is void to love because you are an evil being! How could you treat me so harshly after your own father chose me over all the other demons!"
"I don't give a damn about what my father did.... I never wish to marry!" Sesshomaru explained.
"Maybe I did have feelings for you in the beginning..." Sesshomaru stated in a low tone of voice.
"Is treating me like dirt your sick way of showing love?" Lady Hoshiko questioned.
"I don't care if you kill me Sesshomaru....but you'll be killing two lives"
"What!" Sesshomaru snarled
"What are you babbling about...?" Sesshomaru trailed off searching Lady
Hoshiko's body.
"I'm pregnant you idiot!" Lady Hoshiko's growled angrily.
*End of Flashback*
Inu-yasha followed the strange scent through the forest until he reached the encampment of Lady Hoshiko. Demons guards swarmed the outside of the camp like bees on honey. There were at least 30 guards on duty and Inu-yasha moved swiftly into the bushes.
"So, this is where that scent came from..." Inu-yasha snarled.
"It smells something like Sesshomaru....but a woman?" Inu-yasha thought.
Suddenly, something strong grasped Inu-yasha's wrist and he jumped, a startled yelp working free before he cold even think to stifle it. A low growl started near his ear and he turned to see two pinpoints of sparkling white staring at him, hard, flat, and cold. The iron grip on his wrist released and he pulled his arm back slowly, careful not to make any sudden moves that might alarm the… whatever it was… he still hadn't seen who or what had grabbed him. A low purring chuckle snapped him back to reality.
"Insolent Boy!" the voice snapped harshly.
"I knew you'd come....if you smelled the scent".
"WHAT THE HELL!" Inu-yasha yelled.
"How did you sneak up on me....without me knowing it?"
"Humph! it seems Sesshomaru was wrong about you Inu-yasha!" the mysterious voice spoke sternly.
The mysterious youkai was a tall female, standing perhaps a few inches taller than he was, and pale. A spill of long silver hair brushed the base of her spine as she stood, proud, in her crimson kimono and sandals.
"I am Lady Hoshiko....and there is something valuable that I want from you!"
"And what is that!" Inu-yasha snapped
"That human standing behind you....she has the Shikon jewel that will cure my husband" Lady Hoshiko replied
"KAGOME!" Inu-yasha shouted
Kagome gulped and ran behind a bunch of bushes.
"Damn Kagome! Why do you always follow me around?" Inu-yasha spatted loudly.
"SORRY!" exclaimed Kagome
"Enough talking the human is mine!" Lady Hoshiko laughed as ten demon guards attacked Inu-yasha.
Inu-yasha slashed through the herd of guards and headed towards Lady Hoshiko.
" That sword!" gasped Lady Hoshiko
"Get him you fools!" ordered Lady Hoshiko to the guards.
Inu-yasha sliced through five more guard's bodies spilling blood everywhere.
Meanwhile, Lady Hoshiko grabbed Kagome around the neck with a dagger to her throat.
"Give me the jewel shard, HUMAN!" retorted Hoshiko.
"Inu-yasha!" yelled Kagome coughing from Lady Hoshiko tight grip.
"Give me the Jewel shard or the girl will die!" shouted Hoshiko.