AN: Hey there! CX here! Well, I've gotten some good reviews *many smiles* so I guess I hafta continue the story..how could I refuse such great people like you? I agree completely with those of you who believe Sessh and Kag are the best couple. Man, I wish I was Kagome! ^^;; Well, I don't know how this chapter'll go, (I just start writing whatever I feel like..) but I think there will be some interesting character relationships coming, so please review it anyways. Please give me any suggestions!!!! Thanks, and with that, I send you off to begin a fantastical journey, that is, when you read other fics, that are actually good. -_-;;
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A TWIST OF FATE*~CHAPTER 2
She winced and waited for the pain to come. But come it did not. She felt a heavy object slump against her. I'm not dead..
Kagome slowly, carefully, attentively opened her eyes, looking down at the source of the extra weight. A body was sagging against her. The wolf youkai's body. What had happened?! She cautiously moved her gaze up to what was in front of her.What she saw caught her off guard so much that she could barely breath out the one word that filled her mind.
"Sesshoumaru.."
The youkai looked at his sword. He sighed. "To desecrate a sword with such dirty blood. What a waste. Pathetic youkai."
Kagome stared. She couldn't believe it. Did Sesshoumaru, the lord of the western lands, just save her?! The youkai that had tried to kill her and her friends more than a fair share of times?! That's it. she thought, I'm dreaming. She knocked herself on the head.
The youkai was still staring at his sword. Kagome watched as he sheathed it, the sound ringing in her ears.
"Well, wench, are you going to stand there with a dead youkai on you?"
"Wh-wha.." Kagome's checks flushed as she realized that she was still against the tree, with a dead wolf demon laying on top of her. I can't believe I forgot about a body on top of me! Oh joy…
Sesshoumaru gave a small smirk.
kagome you idiot! Well, what am I supposed to do now? I guess I have to…
"Um..I…" She lowered her head. "I..I..thank you." she finally spat out.
"Human, do you think I just saved your life?"
Kagome didn't know what to say. Of course he had. What was he talking about? She raised her head, only to find that Sesshoumaru was right in front of her. In fact, his nose was inches away from her face. Kagome wished to herself that youkai weren't so fast. She gulped. He smirked, obviously pleased with her nervousness. He placed a claw against her neck, just as the other demon had done.
"I did not kill that filthy youkai for you, wench. Do not think that I, Sesshoumaru, would not kill you this very instant." Suddenly, he was behind her. "A human like you.." She could feel his breath in her ear, sending chills down her spine. "…is a worthless to me as that dead youkai on the ground." He turned her head to the lifeless form sprawled at the base of the tree. She gulped. He had been run through with Sesshoumaru's sword.
"He was expendable, just as you are. A wench like you means nothing to me. My brother is a fool to keep you in his company."
Inu yasha… The name was like a switch. Kagome's anger came bursting out again, in full waves that threatened to envelop her and drown her in her own feelings.
"Ah, but, where is my idiot of a brother? Is he is not present to save his precious miko?" Sesshoumau smirked at the look on the human girls face.
"Oh, he's with his miko, alright! Even if you kill me, he won't come. Do as you please and see for yourself!"
If she could have seen him she would bet that Sesshoumaru had a bemused look in his eyes, but his plastered expression dimmed that of which could escape through them. "Have the miko and the hanyou had an argument.?"
"I wouldn't call it that."
Sesshoumaru was suddenly in front of her again. He put his finger under her jaw and lifted her eyes to him.
"So, if you were to scream when I killed you, the hanyou would not come."
"Wouldn't think twice."
"Interesting." He could see the anger in her eyes. Her eyes. They were an amazing deep blue. They could almost be beautiful except for the fact that they were dangerous. All emotions could be read through her eyes. A weakness.
"I do not believe your lies." He stared down at those beautiful eyes with an expression so cold, Kagome could swear that she was freezing over. Her heart had been frozen already. Frozen since she saw…
"Whether the lord of the western lands likes it or not.." She said this in the best mock tone she could muster. "..Sesshoumaru-sama will let go of me." Even she was surprised at her own courage. Sesshoumaru was caught off guard for a moment. She could see it in his yellow eyes.
"What. Did. You. Say. Wench." He growled more than spoke through gritted teeth.
"I said.."
"Shut up, wench!" There was something about her that infuriated him. Bore into his bones and made him angry. This is stupid, he thought I, Sesshoumaru am never this easily angered. This…woman has gone too far! No one has ever disobeyed me! And to such an extent!
"I can assure you that your time is growing shorter by the minute if you chose to speak as you have been speaking."
"Go ahead. Kill me." There was something in her eyes. A hollowness. She really wants to die. Fine, I will be merely fulfilling her wish. But.. Why would she wish for such a thing. It was obvious she wanted it. She had defied him, even mocked him, and literally asked to be killed. Maybe she really did want death. Or then again, maybe she didn't. He did not wish to waste time on a human girl, yet he couldn't help but wonder what his stupid brother had done to her.
"If you are not careful, you're wish will be granted." She looked up at him with sad eyes and a hollow smile. Everything about her seemed hallow at that moment.
"Please.." she whispered. It was barely audible to his demon ears.
Was she begging him to kill her? Or had she broken down and begged him to spare her life. Whatever it was, he both hated and enjoyed begging. It gave him an evil enjoyment in seeing things beg for their life which he could so easily take. Yet, he found it despicable and often times, killed the thing sooner when it did so.
"You have a family somewhere, do you not, wench?"
Family.. In all of this, she had forgotten about her grandpa, Souta, her mother. A shock of pain spread through her. What would they do if she died? She couldn't leave them. She wanted so bad to disappear from the earth. But what about her family? She could not die and leave them. She wouldn't.
"Pray that they will not miss you too much." An evil smirk crossed her face. But as he was about to slit the vein on her neck, a new look formed in those expressive eyes. It was her old, familiar look.
"Inu Yasha won't come. You won't benefit from my death."
"I would have the pleasure of seeing you die."
"But, would you ever have the pleasure of holding the tetsusaiga?"
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AN: Ok, ok! Don't hate me forever! I know..it's sorta a cliffy isn't it?! Oh well, I will make you suffer! Bwahahahahah *evil laugh sound effects* Kagome may be acting strange, but she's just been humiliated and cast off by Inu (details later) so you can't blame her for acting weird. I hop that Sesshy was in character! Well, please review and give any suggestions!
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