And now, on with the story...but first...



Disclaimer: Sesshoumaru is mine, MINE I tell you. Mwaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! *laughs like a maniac while clutching Sesshoumaru to chest while officials close in*



Police Officer: sir, I'm afraid that Sesshoumaru belongs to Romik-



JadeSpider: No, he's MINE! All mine! Mwaaaaaaaaa!



P.O.: No, sir, he is not.



JadeSpider: He IS ALL MINE!!!!!!!! MWAAAAAAAAAA! *Is hit by tranquilizer dart from a blow-gun* No...no...my...my Fluffy....



P.O.: We see this sort all the time. Go away, folks, nothing to see here.



Sesshoumaru: but he's...so....sexy...



P.O.: Lord Sesshoumaru, sir, I'm afraid that JadeSpider's overwhielming sexiness has gotten to you. It's ok, sir. You are plenty sexy on your own. As I understand it, sir, JadeSpider was going to possess your body so that he could look just as good as you do.



Sesshoumaru: Ah, I see.



Ok, NOW, on with the story. (:: means thoughts)



FLUFFY'S DEMONS



Kagome made her way through the trees, ignoring the small scraches that bark and low-lying plants gave her bare legs, tears stinging her eyes so that she could hardly see.



::How can that...how DARE he?! He's more than just HANyou! I should SIT him until he can't walk!::



::Then why don't you?:: Another voice asked in her head. ::If he's just a stupid hanyou, why don't you just leave him? Go with the others, they'll protect you.::



But that voice already knew the answer that was coming. ::Well, he can be a jerk sometimes, but he really does try to protect me, and the others. Argh! But sometimes he just makes me SO MAD!::



At that moment, Kagome froze in her tracks. Her miko powers were sensing a youkai nearby, and a strong one. She couldn't tell where . . .



As she was getting out her bow and arrows, her hands were suddenly stunned as her weapons went flying through the air. Knocked away by a hand. A clawed hand, but one appearing humanoid nonetheless.



Time seemed to freeze as the hand registered in Kagome's mind in the instant that she saw it before her attacker seized her from behind. The hand was thin and delicate, despite the sharp nails, with colored stripes on the forearm. It was a right hand. There was only one youkai who Kagome had met who had those markings . . .



Her attackers left arm snaked around her, a large, reptillian one with shining green scales. It clutched her around the waist, and pulled her up against the body of the youkai. A few strands of long, silver hair, longer than Inuyasha's, cleaner, finer, draped over her shoulder.



The right hand went to her throat, the claws hovering just over the skin. A masculine, yet soft voice whispered in her ear, the warm breath sending odd and badly timed tingling sensations through her body.



"Listen, miko. Unless you want to taste my poison flower talon, you will remain absolutely quiet. You will not make a sound, you will not struggle, you will not try to escape. Am I understood, miko?"



Kagome hesitated to nod her head, his claws being so close to her throat.



"Answer me very, very quietly."



"Y-yes, Lord Sesshoumaru," Kagome whispered softly, resisting the urge to tremble, though her legs seemed to not respond to her will.



"Good," the Lord of the Western Lands said, his lips almost pressed to her ear. His left arm, the one "borrowed" from another youkai since he had lost his own, tightened slightly around her waist, pressing her against his body so that she could feel his youkai armor against her back, and she felt his youki energies swirl as the two were lifted into the air on a youki cloud, and sped away. Kagome, alarmed by the height and the speed of travel, shut her eyes as the trees blurred beneath them.