CHAPTER 2
"Oh wow, I see it!"
Kagome couldn't believe the structure she saw before her. It was huge even to her own standards! The castle seemed to be made of a granite-like material and it shined brilliant orange and crimson in the dying sunlight. Inuyasha grunted and kept walking while Sango and Kagome just admired.
"Inuyasha, how old is your brother's castle?"
"Well, father's father had it for many years. It has to be close to nine hundred." He paused, inwardly enjoying the look of awe on Kagome's face. A light breeze brought a scent on the wind.
"Blood…" he whispered. "Human blood… Come on, let's go!"
Inuyasha took off running, his bare feet pounding the ground and the rest of the companions yelling questions at his back.
"Inuyasha, slow down! We're not demons!" Miroku yelled, keeping up better than the girls but still yards behind the sprinting hanyou. Inuyasha never paused; he drew the Tetsusaiga and bore down on the woman with the sword.
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Meaganu heard the bumbling hanyou coming in plenty of time. She turned slowly, a secretive smile on her face, and drew her other sword, Yu Yu Ko.
"Come on, my friend; let's see what you can do…"
The clash was close to deafening, their swords vibrating with the sheer strength each put into the collision. Meaganu had crossed both her swords in a defensive position and now she removed Yagoshow, her right handed one, bringing it to her side. Inuyasha's face contorted, slightly distressed by the fact that she was defending herself with her left hand alone. She smells like a hanyou, but where is this strength coming from? His thoughts whirled as he added more pressure to the Tetsusaiga.
"Hello, Inuyasha, brother of Sesshomaru." Meaganu purred, her voice low and velvety. "I was wondering if you and your little posse would show up."
Inuyasha started, his eyebrows slightly raised and mouth slightly agape. "How do you…uh, who are you… what are you doing here?" Inuyasha was flustered and confused, his body feeling light and weak.
"You have quite a talent, putting three separate questions into one sentence…" Her voice was condescending, tinted with humor and dripping with sarcasm. She brought up the sword in her right hand and ran in down the side of his body. "Now where is the best meat?" Meaganu laughed, a sound that was both frightening and oddly melodic.
"I'm going to tear you apart! I have no idea who you are, but killing for no reason is wrong and I won't take it!"
Inuyasha brought his sword away and aimed a terribly fast swipe at her waist. The female half demon dodged easily with a surprising grace, rising into the air and curling her legs.
"You wield that sword like it's and ax! Here, let me show you." Her right wrist flicked, barley seen, and a deep gouge appeared in Inuyasha's left arm. "Now you try!"
"You… bitch!" Inuyasha spat, his voice low and menacing. His arm hurt like a bastard; the cut could barely been seen yet it reached the bone. He sprang again, the Tetsusaiga cut the air this time at her neck. Meaganu bent back, her swords digging into the ground behind her head. She jumped up quickly and, while still in the air, sliced deep into Inuyasha's left shoulder.
"Inuyasha! Are you alright?!" Kagome, who had just arrived, ran to his side and frowned at the dark stains on his clothing.
"Get back, I'm fine." He growled, falling to one knee and wincing.
"Tut, tut. Inuyasha, I'm disappointed in your skills. I was gentle with you; I could just have as easily incapacitated your sword hand. I do hope your brother is more of a challenge…" She shook her head, a disappointed look in her eyes.
Inuyasha, standing now with the help of Kagome and Miroku, gave the female demon a death stare. "Who the hell are you? What are you?"
She chuckled slightly, sliding Yu Yu Ko and Yagoshow into their sheaths. "You should know what I am. Just use that nose of yours. As for whom, perhaps you will find out as soon as…" She turned around suddenly, drawing both swords, as a tall youkai glided through the gates, pausing shortly to glance at the guard's dead body.
"Sesshomaru." Meaganu whispered, drawing a quick breath.
"That's quite an entrance you've made." Sesshomaru's eyes were, as always, unreadable and void of all emotion. He stepped closer to Meaganu and she padded back, a look in her eyes of pure, unaltered contempt. "Do you wish to tell me why your sword has taken my guards life?"
"I wish no such thing." Inside, Meaganu's thoughts were reeling. This guy had power, she could feel it in icy waves that bashed against her skin. He had two swords at his hips; didn't he only use one? And why is he being so calm? I just killed one of his men…Her thoughts were interrupted by the deep-chested voice of the Demon Lord.
"I see you've gotten into a quarrel, little brother. You could not even beat…" he paused and glanced at Meaganu, "a women? Oh, that is disappointing."
"Ah, shut up. She's… strong. For a girl I mean." Inuyasha made his way slowly through the gates and into the foreboding castle, Kagome asking all the way if he was alright and him answering, "Feh!"
Meaganu's eyes slitted as her gaze turned from the injured Inuyasha to the challenge before her. "Good evening, my Lord." Her eyes glittered and she smiled mischievously. "I wish to request an audience with you. A proposal, if you will…"
Sesshomaru nodded slightly and turned gracefully, his feet appearing not to move. "Come inside, young warrior. We will palaver." His voice drifted to her even as his tall frame disappeared through the large wooden doors. Hitchan, the moth demon guide, laughed softly next to her ear.
"The Lord of the Western lands is an enigma, my Lady."
I wounded his brother and killed one of his guards and he's inviting me into his home? She shook her head and sheathed Yu Yu Ko and Yagoshow, all the while making her way through the open court yard, a look of apparent confusion showing through her aggression. He's inviting me into his house?
"Sesshomaru, you are either very cunning… or very stupid." She whispered to her self as her slight frame disappeared through the heavy mahogany doors.
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The second chapter! I hope you enjoyed it. I really need reviews; I want to know whether I should keep going with this or ditch it. Please review, my friends!