Wow~finally an update ^^ I really shouldn't be writing this! (I have so many things that I have to do for school XD) I'm just glad that you guys seem to like this story ^^. I guess the real Sesshy torture will start in this chapter, but one can never be TOO sure…o_O Review responses are at the bottom.

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Water and Blood


Possessions




A cold sweat ran down his forehead from his uneasiness. This Sesshou-maru never perspired. But it was hot where he was. A dark, closed in room, and he had no use of his hand and feet.

Chained like a dog.

He would kill these humans. No—not even kill, he would massacre them all. No one—no one—chained this Sesshou-maru hand and feet.

It had been rather unsuccessful when he had before tried to spew his acid on the cold, tight metal. He found it rather shocking that as much power as he conjured into his fingers, nothing came out. Nothing.

Instead, a shock ran through his arm and he had to hold back a yelp. The after affects left his arm shivering.

But he was persistent, and he wouldn't let a shock bother him. By now, his eyes were adjusted to the dark, so he eyed the chains and pulled on them. It was a tight hold that he had of them at first, but then his fingers started to slip under the slick metal. So he tried again with his dokkasu. It was nearly instant this time when a small flash of white emitted from the chain and traveled up to his arm.

He would have helped it, but his body compelled him to at least gave a short, soft, and nearly inaudible (even to his own ears) whimper.


"It's like an animal, Doctor Mukai…" said the scientist. "It'll keep on going at it even though it get's hurt."

"It was rather strange to see its body revert to its "human" looking form from that giant canine, Takana. And it was still clothed. It makes me wonder if they are some sort of…extension of its body," replied Mukai.

"Look at that," pointed another scientist, pointing to the screen. "It tried again to use…that thing from its hand. It was shocked again." She put the pencil tip on her chin and cocked her head to the side lightly. It was a rather interesting specimen.

"I'm just glad that we got a chain that was activated by the change of sugar in the blood. Who knew that that thing would be useful for us," replied Takana to the female scientist.

"I want a closer look at this find," Mukai said out of the blue. He took a step towards the exit door.

"Are you sure that it's safe to go in there?" Takana said.

"What if it attacks you?" Asako, the female scientist, asked.

"I'll be fine," Mukai replied. "Besides, as long as I am far away from him—it—, I'll be fine. It's not like it can do anything anyway." He opened the door and stopped it with his foot before turning to the two scientists again. "When I'm done with it, have Chisei get another sample of its blood. I'd like to find some more things about it."

"Hai, Mukai-san," Asako replied. "Do you wish us to put the heat sensors on these screens so that we can test its blood temperature before and after you acquaint yourself with him?"

"That'd be wise, Asako. You two do that, and you, Takana, I want you to write down every single change and any other thing that you might deem important."

"You got it," was Takana's reply.

Mukai walked out the door, but stuck his head back in again. "Did anyone catch what it called itself?" he asked.

"No. Takaho said that it'd mentioned something like, 'This…something or another', but the poor guy's too shocked to remember anything more."

"Alright then," Mukai then closed the door and went down a flight of steps before standing in front of the door that had this strange specimen behind it.


The humans were just watching him. He could feel their eyes upon him. He could hear their words, but he couldn't make out what they were saying. He cursed inwardly when a pale light flooded before his eyes as one of their doors opened. That strange contraption…they didn't even have to use their hands to open it.

It closed right after one of the humans stepped through. They were blasted lazy.

"Ah…" he heard the human say as he took a few steps toward him. The human couldn't see too well because it was so dark, but Sesshou-maru's eyes had already adjusted to the dark as if it was day right now, so he could see everything clearly. His anger instantly bridled within him and low growl escaped from his lips from deep within his chest. "No need to growl like the dog that you can make yourself," the human said. "Give me a bit of light," he ordered loudly.

The youkai once again squinted as a bit of light flooded into the room.

"Much better," the human said as he smiled down at the youkai. "I'm Doctor Mukai. How does my specimen fair?" he asked after a while.

Sesshou-maru's anger rose. "Human, this Sesshou-maru is under no ownership."

"Oh, are you not? What did you call yourself? Sesshou-maru?" He smirked as a low growl came from the youkai again (A/N: He doesn't know that Sesshou-maru is a youkai, by the way). "…I have you for as long as I want until I find out what you are, and from where you've come."

"If your life is of value to you, human," Sesshou-maru started with his voice an octave lower than usual, "These bonds will be released from my body." It wasn't as if when he was released he wouldn't kill the old man. Oh no, he was going to make sure that he killed the human nice and slow.

"And what will you do if I don't," Mukai posed. He took a few steps closer to the youkai until he was standing just in front of him. "You're mine."

The words angered the youkai. And he was in such close range…

It was almost as fast as the speed of light! The youkai now had the old human by the neck. Too bad nothing could seep from his fingertips or else this old man's neck would have melted off by now. And he couldn't tight his grip.

It was as if his strength was stunted.

He cursed in thought. The human wasn't afraid—at all!

"You have the eyes of a murderer," Mukai said with a smirk on his lips. "You have a feral, wild look in your eyes."

Sesshou-maru's reddening eyes turned toward the opening door. He somewhat calmed, not out of good intentions, when a small fleet of people came into the room with their weapons pointed at him again.

The last thing he wanted to do right now was sleep.

His instincts told him to drop the human in his grip, and that was what he did.

"I'm fine, I'm fine," Mukai said as he stood up and rubbed his neck and waved his other hand in dismissal as he walked towards the men. "No need to shoot it. Yet." He turned to look at the youkai for a last time with a grin on his lips. "Hurry out, now," he said, pushing the men out of the room and shutting the door right after.

Sesshou-maru stared at it for a few seconds with his eyebrows turned inward. He wavered on his feet for a few seconds before he crouched low. Within a few seconds, the lights flickered off and he looked about, aloof to everything around him.

This situation wasn't light anymore.

He was practically being dominated by these humans. And he didn't like it a bit.

"I have you for as long as I want…You're mine…"

The words struck a chord in him. He was pissed. He was no one's. This Sesshou-maru did not belong to anyone.


"So we know that 'Sesshou-maru' is capable of speech and has intelligence," Mukai said, making sure that Takana was writing everything down. "Write as an extra that when he speaks, he uses a different tongue of Japanese. He uses the ancient tongue. And also write that he refers to us as humans, so he obviously thinks he has stature above us."

"Ancient?" Takana said as he looked up at the older scientist.

"From the looks of it all," interrupted Asako, "I'd say that he's some sort of ancient youkai." She then gave a short laugh at her words. "But then again, we all know that youkai don't exist."

"Exactly, there were just things that bored writers of ancient Japan made up. Sort of like Greek mythology. They're just games. They're just myth." Mukai waved his hand in dismissal.

Takana sat back and rested his hand behind his head. "So what are we going to do with 'Sesshou-maru' anyway? Run some sort of tests?" he asked.

"Why, yes, of course!" Mukai answered, looking at the younger scientist with wide eyes. "We have to know what we have here. That's not it only, to find out what we have in our hands. But there have been many new technologies that we've made and we have only been able to test them out on animals. He's the closest thing we have to a human as of now."

"Is it that we have once again gone ahead of ourselves?" Asako asked. "Our technology has far exceeded America's and Germany's. With as much power as we gain every few years, we just might be able to become the strongest country in the world!"

"That's the way I've been seeing it for years now, Asako…" Mukai said. It was time for a change of subject. "So we received this gift yesterday afternoon," he started. "Later on today, I'd like to start with his first test…"

"Sure thing, Mukai-san," Takana replied.

The old man stood up. "Have our team, Takana, clean up all of the mess that 'Sesshou-maru' made yesterday in the city. Try looking until you can't find anything more. Every part of him is needed. Make sure that no one even remembers of him being in the city. If the news cast tries to talk to the team, tell them to tell the news cast that they don't know what's going, just following orders."

"Roger that."

~*~

Kagome jumped out of the well and crouched by the side of it, waiting for Inuyasha to also come out. The hanyou came out of the well with his tongue hanging out of his mouth slightly and his fingers pinching his nose. "It smells too much like Sesshou-maru in there," he said in exasperation.

"Suck it up, Inuyasha…" Kagome muttered. She turned toward the entrance of the shrine and stood up. "Hurry up, Inuyasha. The faster, the better!"

Inuyasha's nose pricked upward a bit. "He's definitely been here," he muttered. "His scent was definitely here…"

"…But where is he now?" she asked. She watched blankly as Inuyasha crouched low onto the ground and starting sniffing out his brother's scent.

"I can't believe I'm doing this…" he muttered as he continued to sniff. "I could care less for Sesshou-crapu. And now you go and make me 'save' him. Chh, like he needs any saving in the first place."

"Just shut up and keep sniffing, Inuyasha!" Kagome said. She watched as the hanyou exited the shrine and turned the corner. Her heart rate started beating a bit faster and she held her hand up to it. 'Please, kami-sama, tell me Sesshou-maru didn't go to my home…'

Inuyasha walked back into the shrine and stared at Kagome. "Oi, Kagome," he said, taking her out of her thoughts. "You coming?" he asked.

"Huh? Oh yeah…" she muttered. She exited the shrine and stood outside of it next to Inuyasha. "…Do you know where he is?" she asked.

"If you're thinking that he went into your home, you're mistaken. Come on, let's go inside."

"Kay," Kagome muttered, walking inside her home and waiting for Souta to invite her in.

"Tadaima!" Kagome yelled as she entered the home and closed the door after Inuyasha walked through. Okay, so Souta didn't answer, but at least her mother did. ["I'm back!"]

"Kagome!" she said as she walked to her daugther. "You're back?" she asked. "Already?"

"Yah, well," Kagome started, "something sort of happened and I need to remedy it before it gets too bad."

"Do you know what happened here?!" Higurashi-san asked. Her features displayed a bit of fear. Kagome shook her head lightly, then cocked her head to one side. "Sit, sit!" the mother goaded, leading them to the couch.

"Oi, Higurashi-san, what's up?" he asked. He could feel her fear.

"It was in the news, as much information as those people could find. Yesterday afternoon, this man murdered one of the people going driving through the neighbourhood. And then later that day, he murdered about 17 more people in the town; even women and children!"

Kagome and Inuyasha stared at her wide eyed. Was it possible…that it was Sesshou-maru? "Did…did they identify who it was?" Kagome asked weakly, her hand slightly shaking.

She knew it. She knew that this was bad.

"…No," Higurashi-san looked down with a sigh. "But we don't know what happened to him. People that actually saw him said that he had silver-grey hair and a strange garb…but that was all they picked up about him. Not many saw him at all because everyone was too worried about fleeing the scene. Those that saw him rather easily were the unfortunate ones to die…"

Inuyasha's anger bridled within him. "Sesshou-maru…" he muttered angrily, his fist clenching dangerously.

"Inuyasha, stay calm…" Kagome muttered as she turned to him. Though she had to admit, she had a horrible feeling at the pit of her stomache. "Kasaan…where's Souta?" she asked after turning to her mother.

"He's at a friends house out of town…" she muttered. "The schools have been closed so that those that lost their family members could mourn for the dead…Ano…who's Sesshou-maru?"

Inuyasha stood up suddenly, his ears pricking up in anger. "Where is he?!" he asked.

"…Who's Sesshou-maru?" she repeated.

"Kasaan…Sesshou-maru is Inuyasha's half brother…the youkai that I spoke to you about a while ago," Kagome replied.

"Oh…I think I minutely remember, now that you mentioned that." She paused for a short while before smiling at Inuyasha. "Why don't you sit down. We know you're worried for your brother, but you have to remain calm…"

"Worried?! That piece of s—"

"Inuyasha…" Kagome started with a dangerous tone.

"Why would I be worried about him?!" Inuyasha continued. "I could care less for that son of a—"

"Inuyasha, osuwari," Kagome said briskly.

Higurashi-san brought her hand to her mouth as Inuyasha smashed into the floor and a yelp escaped from his mouth. "Maa…" she muttered.

"Kasaan…you have to tell me—where is he?" Kagome asked.

"That's the thing, Kagome…" Higurashi-san started, "No one knows what happened to him. He sort of…disappeared…" she said over dramatically.

"Kasaan, this is very serious. Did they see him fly off in any certain direction or anything like that?"

"No one knows," she said. "Seriously, honey."

Inuyasha picked himself off the ground. "What do you mean, disappeared?! Someone has to know what happened to him!" he said angrily. "He shouldn't even be in this time," he muttered.

"We have to find him as soon as possible," Kagome said as she stood up. "Inuyasha, let's go, maybe you can sniff him out."

"Oi, don't make me sound like I'm some sort of dog," he stated as he shook his fist at her.

"…Right," Kagome muttered. "Let's go. The sooner, the better." Inuyasha muttered a few things inaudibaly after she said that and started for the door.

"Wait!" Hifurashi-san said. Inuyasha let out a breath of annoyance. "I don't think you want to go on empty stomaches. Do you want something to eat before you go out on your search?"

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"Your mother is just weird, Kagome," Inuyasha muttered after they turned the corner. "Doesn't she do something else all day other than smile?" he asked sarcastically.

"Shut up, Inuyasha," Kagome muttered. "Just get his scent."

Inuyasha muttered something inaudible before he went on his hands and feet to snuff out Sesshou-maru's scent.


Kagome smiled weakly as people stared at her…well not her really, but the human…at her feet. There weren't too many out in the street because of the happinings of yesterday, but there were quite a few people.

"Kagome, his smell is getting stronger," Inuyasha said as he got off of his hands and stood straight, walking normally now.

"…Inuyasha…do you think you can be a bit more…you know…inconspicuous?" she asked.

"No!" he yelled. "I already hate the fact that I have to wear this thing on my head and pull up my hair so no one will see it. Now you want me to disguise myself more?" He crossed his arm and continued walking. "There's no way."

"Fine, fine," Kagome muttered. Inuyasha stopped short suddenly, his nose twitching slightly. "What is it?" Kagome asked.

"…His scent…it's stronger around here," he muttered. He continued walking for a while longer and then halted in his steps. He sniffed loudly, turning in a full circle. He took a few steps toward a certain direction, the took a few steps back again. His ears gave a slight twitch and he cursed aloud.

"What is it?" Kagome asked. Before Inuyasha could answer, he took another few steps around the middle of the street, walking a few more feet away and returning straight to the spot he had been standing at before. He cursed again. "What?" Kagome repeated. "What's wrong?" She walked over to him and stood right by him, looking at the spot where he was looking. "What?"

"…His blood…" Inuyasha muttered with his eyes thinned. "His blood is covering the ground slightly."

"His…blood?" she asked. "Do you think…that he was…"

"And his scent is gone, too," Inuyasha added.

"What?! Gone?!" Kagome asked. "As in…it just stops right here?!"

"I can't smell him any further than this point."

Kagome took a slight inhale, staring at the ground where Inuyasha continued to stare. "…Inuyasha…" she started softly.

"What?" he asked.

"…What does it mean?"

There was a pause. "I have no clue." (A/N: I almost ended of the chapter right here…)

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"That girl is restless…" Miroku muttered in anger.

"I find it rather amusing," Sango stated.

There was quiet for a little while. "It find it rather strange that Sesshou-maru travels with a human child," Miroku stated. "What does she do with him all day? The girl's feet are calloused."

"Is she asleep yet?" she asked.

"Finally," he answered. "I tell you, she's a picky little brat. First she wants a fire, then she wants something warm, and then she wanted me to sleep next to her so that she could keep warm."

The two paused at the statements.

"That makes me sort of wonder…" Sango started. "…If that's the way Sesshou-maru treats the girl…"

Miroku cocked his eyebrow. "I agree. That's something I didn't expect of him." He paused. "Then again, he can be rather unpredictable, like when Inuyasha had turned youkai and was too wild for us to stop him. Was it not Sesshou-maru who knocked Inuyasha out of commission with out the intent of killing him?"

"Indeed," Sango answered. They both turned toward the shoji door when they heard a low mumble come from behind it and a short wail. "…She is in need of her Lord…" Sango muttered. "But I'm not if Sesshou-maru is right to watch over her…"

"Do not forget that Sesshou-maru is a lord. He has responsibility."

"If you say so," Sango muttered.

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He would have stopped them. He would have. These chains refrained him from doing even the smallest thing. But when they came into a close vicinity at which he could strike, he was just about to.

And then something cold and tight clasped around his neck. He instantly reached for the thing wrapped about his neck, only to feel cold metal slide across his fingers. How did they have so much access to this rare material? He instantly struggled against the metal restraint, his neck beginning to pain him as the man (he had the other end of the object, similar to a leash, but solid instead of chained), shook the restraint about, harshly speaking some words.

The youkai didn't care about what was being said to him. He knew that he was being restrained against his will. His nails scratched about the floor and the wall almost wildly (almost), and the light in the room turned on fully, making him pause in his actions when he saw that there were more humans in the room than he'd thought.

What was this? Was this their means of attacking him? How vile…

"Hold still, you!" the man with the other end of the restraint said. He was just our of reach from Sesshou-maru. In reaction to his words, Sesshou-maru turned to the man with a deep glare set about in his eyes. Of course, that was the only part of his face that changed. Everything else was emotionless.

"Release this Sesshou-maru," Sesshou-maru ordered.

A few people noted his words.

"You can bring the equipment in now, Mukai-san," said the man holding the other end of the restraint. "Before it becomes more restless than it already is!"

A man pushing a table came into the room, gloves covering his hands. Was it that bastard Mukai? A low growl escaped from Sesshou-maru's lips and for just a few seconds, his eyes flashed red.

A few people noted his actions.

"Make it so he doesn't move," Mukai said, thus stating the fact that the specimen was indeed a male. "I don't wish to be maimed," he ended with a grin.

Another growl came from the youkai's lips, making him sound like a dog who was ready to attack. It was sudden, but the smallest hairs on his neck prickled upwards and a sense of danger flooded through him. The speed of his heart was accelerating because he just knew…his instints told him that he was in danger. Sesshou-maru…was in danger.

The process was rather slow and painful. He felt the restraint around his neck tightening to the point where it wasn't easy for him to breathe. When he opened his mouth to take in a breath of air, his eyes shut instantly as something rather painful ran through his whole body. It was worse then what'd happened to his arm before.

It felt like hot, fiery nails were trailing down his insides repeatedly. When he wanted to open his mouth to take in a breath of air, the restraint tightened even more, leaving him with no air to breathe.

It seemed like an eternity before the pain stopped and the restraint around his neck loosened again, leaving him laying on the ground on his back weakly. Short of breath, he was left giving soft whimpers, a sound that hadn't escaped from his lips for decades. It was easiest for him to breathe that way, anyway.

"His muscles are stable, Mukai sensei," said the man as he looked at the restraint for a reading (A/N: Just think of it as a rather advanced piece of technology…). "The shock emitted paralyzed his muscles."

Paralyzed?

He couldn't move a limb. Not a single one.

"Alright then," Mukai said as he fixed the glove on his hands and then turned to one of the syringes on the table. "Check his vital signs," he ordered.

Everyone stationed to do what they were supposed to walked over to the youkai and bent over him. He couldn't feel any fear surging from any of them.

"His blood pressure is as stable as it was yesterday," muttered one of the scientists.

"The pulse is the same as it was yesterday," said another.

A few seconds passed. "Brainwaves operating steadily," said the first.

"Alright, move now," Mukai said rather impatiently. He held the syringe in his hand and tested it before turning to the youkai and shooing the other scientists away. He bent down so that he was staring at the youkai. "You don't look so murderous now, do you, 'Sesshou-maru'?" he asked. "Who has the upperhand now?"

Sesshou-maru didn't give a response.

Why would he want to? Why would he want the human to know that he did have the power? Why would he want the human to know that he was unsure of what would happen to him next? That he…he…

"Alright then. Get the time," Mukai said as he lifted the sleeve of Sesshou-maru's haori. He tapped at the inner part of the youkai's elbow a couple of times. It wasn't too hard to find a vein anyway, there were muscles galore on this specimen! He lowered shot and pierced it into the youkai's skin.

He pushed on the syringe until the clear yellow fluid was all inside of the blood. He pulled out the syringe.

"Shot administered at 6:42:32," said one of the scientist, making sure to note that time down.

"Out, everyone," Mukai ordered. "We don't know what sort of reaction he will have with that dosage."

They all walked out as if nothing had happened, walked up the stairs, and looked inside of the room Sesshou-maru was in. "Let's see what happens…" Mukai muttered with an excited grin on his lips.

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Yaaaay~~ I finally got a chapter done! ^^ That took a while. ^^;; Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed the Sesshi torture. *glares at some people* You're all evil, I tell you! Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the update ^^; Next chapter will come out whenever I can have it come out *shrugs* Kay, please read my other stories. Life is Pain, Black Heart, and An Egg Full of Thorns! Go read them! >:O Review responses:


crystal singer: THANK YOU!! THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH! I LUV YOU! XD *honored*

Vorsith: Yes, and since it doesn't seem like you're logged onto this website, may I have your email address so that whenever I update, I'm able to contact you to let you know? ^^.

Yun Fei: No, no, Sesshou-maru belongs to EVERYBODY! ^^. But he's mainly mine :P Heehee~~

Crystal Jewel: What sort of tortures, you ask? Hmm…I have VERY few that I'm sure of. But, that's where you guys come in! Give me ideas of torture (I suggest through email so that no one else will know what I might write about. Wouldn't want to ruin in for everyone, would ya?)

RedHerring: Oops…sorry, then. He's already not feelin' to good in this chapter. How do you think he'll do until he is 'saved'?

Spectrum: Heehee~~*hands Miroku over to you* ^^ There, now we're both happy. Yah, I'll have to agree that the scientists are rather stupid. One of them even suggested that he's a youkai, only to go back on her words (oh the idiot that she is…). You know, I was thinking about that Rin/Miroku part a lot. I think I want to add in a scene where he asks her to bear his child ^^. I want to so much! Actually, I will! *pumps fist*

shina-schatten: Oooh~~welp, the scientists are gonna be so eviyul~~. "We torment you!" is their motto. Oh, thanks for actually visiting this website from TKP. I didn't think anyone actually would, but I think that you're the second person who's come from that website.

StarryEyedChick: Yeah, Sesshou-maru needs to think just a bit more. Maybe his head'll burst if he does T_T

Amreld: Well here's where you'll find no romance :D. That's right, something good doesn't have to have love in it! *everyone gasps* Thank you for commenting on my story, and I like your quote ^^



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