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(Author's note: Yes, I know it's short but trust me, you'll like it.)
Inuyasha was growing less hopeful everyday. Though he had turned east (for reasons the group did not know) he was still finding no trace of Kagome. He knew Sesshoumaru could mask his scent now, but that didn't make him entirely undetectable.
When sniffing around that day, he smelled a new scent.
"Youkai." He told the others. Everyone went on full alert. Only Kagome could sense exactly how close they were, so it was no surprise when the huge centipede youkai emerged from the ground only a moment later.
It had the length of ten men, with over a thousand legs, each one with razor sharp claws. Sango and Miroku stood beside Inuyasha at first with the hyper kitsune behind them. The demon made a screeching moan that hurt Inuyasha's ears, but was no less for the human beside him.
Inuyasha pulled out the transformed Tetsusaiga, and prepared to attack. The youkai reared up and then. . . Ran way back through the woods.
"Get back here and fight you coward!" Inuyasha called after it. Shippou jumped out yelling,
"Ha ha, you cowardly centipede! He knew he wasn't a match for us the moment he came!" He yelled in the direction of the disappearing demon.
"I don't think so." Miroku stated. When they all gave him a questioning look he explained, "He was more than a match for us and he knew it. The only reason he would run away was if he was going to go tell some one we were-" He began before Inuyasha screamed,
"SESSHOUMARU!" And with that Inuyasha sped off into the forest after the demon, branching his sword high. Sango began to fallow him but Miroku held her back.
"He wants to take care of this alone I think." He told her in explanation.
A half an hour later, a bruised and minorly bleeding Inuyasha came back, with the sword covered in blood. In his hand, he held a purple shard.
"Inuyasha, are you okay!?" They ran to him.
"Getoff, I'm fine. But I know where he was going. I smelt more youkai on my way back. Sesshoumaru must have them guarding his land.
"How do you know it's your brother?" Shippou asked, taking the shard and placing it on the jewel he held around his neck.
"Because. . ." He began, almost telling them the story about the wind telling him to go this way. "I just know. Let's get going before the smell of blood travels to the other youkai. If it does, they'll run and tell Sesshoumaru."
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Kagome looked back up to the imposing man before her. She had always viewed him in her mind as a blood thirsty killer. But seeing him finish off his soup so calmly was not part of that picture. She knew something was going on in his head as well. Every now and then he would ball his hands in to fists or shake and then stop. He looked at her sometimes like she was a bowl of ramen. She had never known him to lose any control, but she could see him slipping. Kagome wasn't an idiot either, she saw the looks he gave her, the way he stared (not at her face) and his emotion flaring up.
Beneath his calm appearance was a ragging storm, that could break lose at any moment. She looked at his deep eyes, and saw there for once, not mean coldness, but a longing pain. His eyes weren't so cold anymore. In fact, she felt herself melting over them.
'What are you thinking? He hates humans, he hates you. NO he doesn't. But I think I'm warming up to him now. He is emotional in some ways, just not in the conventional ones. I know he loves Rin even if he doesn't say it, and I know he likes me, (if not love) even if he won't say it. Gods, why do I have to be here in heat?' She kept thinking.
"Let's practice." He told her softly. The way he said it though, made her want to jump up and hug him. She couldn't stop herself from feeling that way, no matter how hard she seemed to try.
She got up from the table and went to the mat where they practiced. She at down, trying to clear her mind. She did want to learn about her power, that's for sure. She loved her new power, her new purpose, but had no intention of helping him kill anyone later on. As she slowed into a deeper trance, these thoughts fell away. Little did she know, that she would understand this lesson better than any other.
"Were going to learn psychic empathy today." He told her calmly.
"What's that good for?" Kagome asked, not seeing his purpose.
"In battle, to know how your enemy is feeling is a great gift. You can tap into his thoughts and his plans if you know this basic skill." Sesshoumaru said. "The skill is quite easy compared to what you've learned so far, but it is vital, none the less. All you have to do is reach out your energy and touch the other person with it. But instead of making it a physical touch, you merge it with their energy. Once you do this, you will feel exactly what the other is feeling, almost as if it where your own emotions. You must learn to define which is your and which isn't, and how to suppress the second." But by the time he finished explaining this, Kagome was already stretching her energy.
Slowly she masked the energy, and reached out to Sesshoumaru. Then she moved it to envelop his whole body. The merging was the tricky part, but no more tricky for Kagome than turning her head. Suddenly as if flood gates had opened, Sesshoumaru's feelings crashed into her. She cried out and he looked up, suddenly realizing what she was doing.
He broke the connection hastily and the energy whip-lashed right back to Kagome.
She felt hunger. Desire. Pain. She felt hating and loathing of humans, and love for Rin and the human female. Self hatred and revulsion flooded her, and she couldn't tell the difference between her emotions and his.
They mingled and bonded inside her, and one emotion ruled out them all. Lust. She could smell it in the air, and before she knew what she was doing, she jumped on Sesshoumaru much like a wolf does his pray, and began to kiss him deeply. She knew it was wrong, but she couldn't stop.
Cliffhanger! Fwhahah! Don't worry; I won't make you wait more than a few hours. I'll be up till five am today so I'll have it posted by eleven pm or something.
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(Author's note: Yes, I know it's short but trust me, you'll like it.)
Inuyasha was growing less hopeful everyday. Though he had turned east (for reasons the group did not know) he was still finding no trace of Kagome. He knew Sesshoumaru could mask his scent now, but that didn't make him entirely undetectable.
When sniffing around that day, he smelled a new scent.
"Youkai." He told the others. Everyone went on full alert. Only Kagome could sense exactly how close they were, so it was no surprise when the huge centipede youkai emerged from the ground only a moment later.
It had the length of ten men, with over a thousand legs, each one with razor sharp claws. Sango and Miroku stood beside Inuyasha at first with the hyper kitsune behind them. The demon made a screeching moan that hurt Inuyasha's ears, but was no less for the human beside him.
Inuyasha pulled out the transformed Tetsusaiga, and prepared to attack. The youkai reared up and then. . . Ran way back through the woods.
"Get back here and fight you coward!" Inuyasha called after it. Shippou jumped out yelling,
"Ha ha, you cowardly centipede! He knew he wasn't a match for us the moment he came!" He yelled in the direction of the disappearing demon.
"I don't think so." Miroku stated. When they all gave him a questioning look he explained, "He was more than a match for us and he knew it. The only reason he would run away was if he was going to go tell some one we were-" He began before Inuyasha screamed,
"SESSHOUMARU!" And with that Inuyasha sped off into the forest after the demon, branching his sword high. Sango began to fallow him but Miroku held her back.
"He wants to take care of this alone I think." He told her in explanation.
A half an hour later, a bruised and minorly bleeding Inuyasha came back, with the sword covered in blood. In his hand, he held a purple shard.
"Inuyasha, are you okay!?" They ran to him.
"Getoff, I'm fine. But I know where he was going. I smelt more youkai on my way back. Sesshoumaru must have them guarding his land.
"How do you know it's your brother?" Shippou asked, taking the shard and placing it on the jewel he held around his neck.
"Because. . ." He began, almost telling them the story about the wind telling him to go this way. "I just know. Let's get going before the smell of blood travels to the other youkai. If it does, they'll run and tell Sesshoumaru."
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Kagome looked back up to the imposing man before her. She had always viewed him in her mind as a blood thirsty killer. But seeing him finish off his soup so calmly was not part of that picture. She knew something was going on in his head as well. Every now and then he would ball his hands in to fists or shake and then stop. He looked at her sometimes like she was a bowl of ramen. She had never known him to lose any control, but she could see him slipping. Kagome wasn't an idiot either, she saw the looks he gave her, the way he stared (not at her face) and his emotion flaring up.
Beneath his calm appearance was a ragging storm, that could break lose at any moment. She looked at his deep eyes, and saw there for once, not mean coldness, but a longing pain. His eyes weren't so cold anymore. In fact, she felt herself melting over them.
'What are you thinking? He hates humans, he hates you. NO he doesn't. But I think I'm warming up to him now. He is emotional in some ways, just not in the conventional ones. I know he loves Rin even if he doesn't say it, and I know he likes me, (if not love) even if he won't say it. Gods, why do I have to be here in heat?' She kept thinking.
"Let's practice." He told her softly. The way he said it though, made her want to jump up and hug him. She couldn't stop herself from feeling that way, no matter how hard she seemed to try.
She got up from the table and went to the mat where they practiced. She at down, trying to clear her mind. She did want to learn about her power, that's for sure. She loved her new power, her new purpose, but had no intention of helping him kill anyone later on. As she slowed into a deeper trance, these thoughts fell away. Little did she know, that she would understand this lesson better than any other.
"Were going to learn psychic empathy today." He told her calmly.
"What's that good for?" Kagome asked, not seeing his purpose.
"In battle, to know how your enemy is feeling is a great gift. You can tap into his thoughts and his plans if you know this basic skill." Sesshoumaru said. "The skill is quite easy compared to what you've learned so far, but it is vital, none the less. All you have to do is reach out your energy and touch the other person with it. But instead of making it a physical touch, you merge it with their energy. Once you do this, you will feel exactly what the other is feeling, almost as if it where your own emotions. You must learn to define which is your and which isn't, and how to suppress the second." But by the time he finished explaining this, Kagome was already stretching her energy.
Slowly she masked the energy, and reached out to Sesshoumaru. Then she moved it to envelop his whole body. The merging was the tricky part, but no more tricky for Kagome than turning her head. Suddenly as if flood gates had opened, Sesshoumaru's feelings crashed into her. She cried out and he looked up, suddenly realizing what she was doing.
He broke the connection hastily and the energy whip-lashed right back to Kagome.
She felt hunger. Desire. Pain. She felt hating and loathing of humans, and love for Rin and the human female. Self hatred and revulsion flooded her, and she couldn't tell the difference between her emotions and his.
They mingled and bonded inside her, and one emotion ruled out them all. Lust. She could smell it in the air, and before she knew what she was doing, she jumped on Sesshoumaru much like a wolf does his pray, and began to kiss him deeply. She knew it was wrong, but she couldn't stop.
Cliffhanger! Fwhahah! Don't worry; I won't make you wait more than a few hours. I'll be up till five am today so I'll have it posted by eleven pm or something.
